Explained recordable CD media. Removed a typo.
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@ -86,6 +86,17 @@ Another type of data track content are archive formats which originally
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have been developed for magnetic tapes. Only formats which mark a detectable
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end-of-archive in their data are suitable with CD, though. Well tested are
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the archivers afio and star. Not suitable seems GNU tar.
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.B Recordable CD Media:
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CD-R can be initially written only once and eventually extended until they
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get closed (or are spoiled because they are overly full). After that they are
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read-only.
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CD-RW media can be blanked to make them re-usable for another
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round of overwriting. Blanking damages the previous content but does not
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make it completely unreadable. It is no effective privacy precaution.
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Multiple cycles of blanking and overwriting with random numbers might be.
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.SH OPTIONS
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.TP
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@ -343,7 +354,7 @@ Exit with a nonzero value if no drive can be found during a bus scan.
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List the device file addresses of all accessible drives. In order to get
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listed a drive has to offer rw-permission for the cdrskin user and it may
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not be busy.
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Busy drives are reported as "SORRY" messages of standard error.
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Busy drives are reported as "SORRY" messages on standard error.
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Each available drive gets listed by a line containing the following fields:
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