New option --allow_emulated_drives

libburn/trunk/cdrskin/cdrskin.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 CDRSKIN 1 "August 27, 2007"
+.TH CDRSKIN 1 "September 8, 2007"
 .\" Please adjust this date whenever revising the manpage.
 .\"
 .\" Some roff macros, for reference:
@@ -48,7 +48,9 @@ or on DVD-R[W] (in Incremental mode) or on DVD+R.
 .br
 Single session on DVD-RW or DVD-R (Disk-at-once)
 .br
-or on overwriteable DVD+RW, DVD-RW, DVD-RAM.
+or on overwriteable DVD+RW, DVD-RW, DVD-RAM,
+.br
+or on data file or block device.
 .br
 Bus scan, burnfree, speed options, retrieving media info, padding, fifo.
 .br
@@ -257,6 +259,21 @@ Further are accepted on Linux: links to libburn-suitable device files,
 device files which have the same major and minor device number,
 and device files which have the same SCSI address parameters (e.g. /dev/sg0).
 .br
+.PP
+Option --allow_emulated_drives enables addressing of pseudo-drives
+which get emulated on top of a regular data file or a block device.
+The target file address is given after prefix "stdio:".
+.br
+E.g.: dev=stdio:/tmp/my_pseudo_drive
+.br
+Warning: Superusers must take care not to spoil their hard disk via its raw
+block device (like /dev/hda or /dev/sd0).
+.br
+Pseudo-drives behave much like DVD-RAM. They allow -dummy, nevertheless, and
+their reply with --tell_media_space is utopic. If the given address does
+not exist yet, then it gets created as regular file.
+Note: -dummy runs touch the file.
+.br
 .SH OPTIONS
 .TP
 .BI \-\-help
@@ -624,6 +641,10 @@ drive for the loaded media. By default, such an adjustment is only made with
 pseudo-speeds 0 and -1 whereas speed settings > 0 are sent unchanged to the
 drive which will then choose an appropriate speed on its own.
 .TP
+.BI \--allow_emulated_drives
+Enable drive addresses of the form dev=stdio:<path>. See above, paragraph
+"Drive preparation and addressing".
+.TP
 .BI \--allow_setuid
 Disable the loud warning about insecure discrepance between login user and
 effective user which indicates application of chmod u+s to the program binary.

libburn/trunk/cdrskin/cdrskin.c

@@ -1641,6 +1641,9 @@ struct CdrpreskiN {
  /** Wether to support media types which are implemented but yet untested */
  int allow_untested_media;
 
+ /** Wether to allow libburn pseudo-drives "stdio:<path>" */
+ int allow_emulated_drives;
+
  /** Wether an option is given which needs a full bus scan */
  int no_whitelist;
 
@@ -1721,6 +1724,7 @@ int Cdrpreskin_new(struct CdrpreskiN **preskin, int flag)
  o->allow_setuid= 0;
  o->allow_fd_source= 0;
  o->allow_untested_media= 0;
+ o->allow_emulated_drives= 0;
  o->no_whitelist= 0;
  o->no_convert_fs_adr= 0;
 #ifdef Cdrskin_libburn_has_convert_scsi_adR
@@ -2055,6 +2059,9 @@ return:
    if(strcmp(argv[i],"--abort_handler")==0) {
      o->abort_handler= 3;
 
+   } else if(strcmp(argv[i],"--allow_emulated_drives")==0) {
+     o->allow_emulated_drives= 1;
+
    } else if(strcmp(argv[i],"--allow_setuid")==0) {
      o->allow_setuid= 1;
 
@@ -2157,7 +2164,7 @@ set_dev:;
 
 #ifndef Cdrskin_extra_leaN
 
-       printf("Supported SCSI transports for this platform:\n");
+       printf("\nSupported SCSI transports for this platform:\n");
        fflush(stdout);
        if(o->old_pseudo_scsi_adr) {
          fprintf(stderr,"\nTransport name:\t\tlibburn OLD_PSEUDO\n");
@@ -2183,6 +2190,18 @@ set_dev:;
          fprintf(stderr,"SCSI Bus scanning:\tsupported\n");
          fprintf(stderr,"Open via UNIX device:\tsupported\n");
        }
+       if(o->allow_emulated_drives) {
+         fprintf(stderr,"\nTransport name:\t\tlibburn on standard i/o\n");
+         fprintf(stderr,
+               "Transport descr.:\twrite into data files and block devices\n");
+         fprintf(stderr,"Transp. layer ind.:\tstdio:\n");
+         fprintf(stderr,"Target specifier:\tpath\n");
+         fprintf(stderr,"Target example:\t\tstdio:/tmp/pseudo_drive\n");
+         fprintf(stderr,"SCSI Bus scanning:\tnot supported\n");
+         fprintf(stderr,"Open via UNIX device:\tsupported\n");
+       } else {
+         printf("\ncdrskin: NOTE : Option --allow_emulated_drives would allow dev=stdio:<path>\n");
+       }
 
 #else /* ! Cdrskin_extra_leaN */
 
@@ -2262,6 +2281,8 @@ set_dev:;
      printf(
      " --adjust_speed_to_drive  set only speeds offered by drive and media\n");
 #endif
+     printf(
+        " --allow_emulated_drives  dev=stdio:<path> on files and block devices\n");
      printf(
         " --allow_setuid     disable setuid warning (setuid is insecure !)\n");
      printf(
@@ -3620,7 +3641,7 @@ wrong_devno:;
     @return <0 error,
                 pseudo transport groups:
                  0 volatile drive number, 
-                 1 /dev/sgN, 2 /dev/hdX,
+                 1 /dev/sgN, 2 /dev/hdX, 3 stdio,
                  1000000+busno = non-pseudo SCSI bus
                  2000000+busno = pseudo-ATA|ATAPI SCSI bus (currently busno==2)
 */
@@ -3645,6 +3666,14 @@ int Cdrskin_driveno_to_btldev(struct CdrskiN *skin, int driveno,
    goto fallback;
 #endif
 
+#ifdef Cdrskin_libburn_has_get_drive_rolE
+ ret= burn_drive_get_drive_role(skin->drives[driveno].drive);
+ if(ret!=1) {
+   sprintf(btldev,"stdio:%s",adr);
+   {ret= 2; goto adr_translation;}
+ }
+#endif
+
 #ifdef Cdrskin_libburn_has_convert_scsi_adR
  if(!skin->preskin->old_pseudo_scsi_adr) {
    int host_no= -1,channel_no= -1,target_no= -1,lun_no= -1, bus_no= -1;
@@ -3840,7 +3869,7 @@ int Cdrskin_report_disc_status(struct CdrskiN *skin, enum burn_disc_status s,
  } else 
    printf("-unknown status code-\n");
 
- if(flag&1)
+ if(flag&2)
    return(1);
 
 #ifdef Cdrskin_libburn_has_get_profilE
@@ -4682,6 +4711,7 @@ blanking_done:;
  ret= !!(wrote_well);
 ex:;
  skin->drive_is_busy= 0;
+ if(skin->drive_is_grabbed)
    Cdrskin_release_drive(skin,0);
  return(ret);
 }
@@ -6408,6 +6438,9 @@ set_abort_max_wait:;
      skin->adjust_speed_to_drive= 1;
 #endif
 
+   } else if(strcmp(argv[i],"--allow_emulated_drives")==0) {
+     /* is handled in Cdrpreskin_setup() */;
+
    } else if(strcmp(argv[i],"--allow_setuid")==0) {
      /* is handled in Cdrpreskin_setup() */;
 
@@ -7174,8 +7207,14 @@ int Cdrskin_create(struct CdrskiN **o, struct CdrpreskiN **preskin,
        "cdrskin: NOTE : greying out all drives besides given dev='%s'\n",
        (*preskin)->device_adr));
    burn_drive_add_whitelist((*preskin)->device_adr);
-   if(strncmp((*preskin)->device_adr, "stdio:", 6)==0)
+   if(strncmp((*preskin)->device_adr, "stdio:", 6)==0) {
+     if((*preskin)->allow_emulated_drives)
        stdio_drive= 1;
+     else {
+       fprintf(stderr,"cdrskin: SORRY : dev=stdio:... works only with option --allow_emulated_drives\n");
+       {*exit_value= 2; goto ex;}
+     }
+   }
  }
 
  ret= Cdrskin_new(&skin,*preskin,1);

libburn/trunk/cdrskin/cdrskin_timestamp.h

@@ -1 +1 @@
-#define Cdrskin_timestamP "2007.09.08.132206"
+#define Cdrskin_timestamP "2007.09.08.164924"

libburn/trunk/cdrskin/convert_man_to_html.sh

@@ -45,15 +45,16 @@ then
   -e 's/<b>Overview of features:<\/b>/\&nbsp;<BR><b>Overview of features:<\/b>/' \
   -e 's/<b>General information paragraphs:<\/b>/\&nbsp;<BR><b>General information paragraphs:<\/b>/' \
   -e 's/<b>Track recording model:<\/b>/\&nbsp;<BR><b>Track recording model:<\/b>/' \
-  -e 's/In general there are two types of tracks: data and audio./\&nbsp;<BR>In general there are two types of tracks: data and audio./' \
-  -e 's/While audio tracks just contain a given/\&nbsp;<BR>While audio tracks just contain a given/' \
+  -e 's/^In general there are two types of tracks: data and audio./\&nbsp;<BR>In general there are two types of tracks: data and audio./' \
+  -e 's/^While audio tracks just contain a given/\&nbsp;<BR>While audio tracks just contain a given/' \
   -e 's/<b>Write mode selection:<\/b>/\&nbsp;<BR><b>Write mode selection:<\/b>/' \
   -e 's/<b>Recordable CD Media:<\/b>/\&nbsp;<BR><b>Recordable CD Media:<\/b>/' \
   -e 's/<b>Overwriteable DVD Media:<\/b>/\&nbsp;<BR><b>Overwriteable DVD Media:<\/b>/' \
   -e 's/<b>Sequentially Recordable DVD Media:<\/b>/\&nbsp;<BR><b>Sequentially Recordable DVD Media:<\/b>/' \
-  -e 's/The write modes for DVD+R/\&nbsp;<BR>The write modes for DVD+R/' \
+  -e 's/^The write modes for DVD+R/\&nbsp;<BR>The write modes for DVD+R/' \
   -e 's/<b>Drive preparation and addressing:<\/b>/\&nbsp;<BR><b>Drive preparation and addressing:<\/b>/' \
-  -e 's/If you only got one CD capable drive/\&nbsp;<BR>If you only got one CD capable drive/' \
+  -e 's/^If you only got one CD capable drive/\&nbsp;<BR>If you only got one CD capable drive/' \
+  -e 's/^Option --allow_emulated_drives enables/\&nbsp;<BR>Option --allow_emulated_drives enables/' \
   -e 's/^Alphabetical list of options/\&nbsp;<BR>Alphabetical list of options/' \
   -e 's/and for all others\.<\/td><\/table>/and for all others.<\/td><\/table>  <BR><HR><FONT SIZE=-1><CENTER>(HTML generated from '"$manpage"'.1 on '"$(date)"' by '$(basename "$0")' )<\/CENTER><\/FONT>/' \
   -e 's/See section EXAMPLES/See section <A HREF="#EXAMPLES">EXAMPLES<\/A>/' \