New option -as cdrecord emulates a narrow set of cdrecord gestures

libisoburn/trunk/xorriso/xorriso.1

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 .\" First parameter, NAME, should be all caps
 .\" Second parameter, SECTION, should be 1-8, maybe w/ subsection
 .\" other parameters are allowed: see man(7), man(1)
-.TH XORRISO 1 "February 14, 2008"
+.TH XORRISO 1 "February 19, 2008"
 .\" Please adjust this date whenever revising the manpage.
 .\"
 .\" Some roff macros, for reference:
@@ -1249,6 +1249,36 @@ This is subject to the settings of -follow.
 -findx accepts the -exec actions as does -find. But it will
 always perform action "echo".
 .TP
+.B Command compatibility emulations:
+.PP
+ISO 9660 multi-session on CD is traditionally done by program mkisofs
+as ISO 9660 image producer and cdrecord as burn program.
+xorriso does not strive to emulate any of them. Nevertheless it is ready to
+perform some of its core tasks under control of commands which trigger
+comparable actions in said programs.
+.TP
+\fB\-as\fR personality option [options] --
+.br
+Performs its variable length option list as sparse emulation of the program
+depicted by personality.
+.br
+Personality "\fBcdrecord\fR" accepts the options listed with:
+.br
+  -as cdrecord -help --
+.br
+Among them: dev=, speed=, blank=, fs=, -eject, -atip, padsize=,
+one track source file path or "-" for standard input as track source.
+.br
+It ignores most other options of cdrecord and cdrskin but refuses on
+-audio, -scanbus and on blank modes unknown to xorriso.
+.br
+The scope is for now a single data track to be written to blank or
+overwriteable media. If possible the media will get closed afterwards.
+.br
+Personality "\fBcdrskin\fR" is an alias for "cdrecord".
+.br
+Personality "\fBwodim\fR" is an alias for "cdrecord".
+.TP
 .B Scripting, dialog and program control features:
 .TP
 \fB\-no_rc\fR