<HTML> <HEAD> <META NAME="description" CONTENT="xorriso, creates, loads, manipulates and writes ISO 9660 filesystem images with Rock Ridge extensions"> <META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="xorriso, libburn, libburnia, burn, CD, DVD, ISO, ISO 9660, RockRidge, Rock Ridge, linux, recording, burning, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, DVD+R, DVD+R/DL, scdbackup"> <META NAME="robots" CONTENT="follow"> <TITLE>xorriso homepage english</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#F5DEB3" TEXT=#000000 LINK=#0000A0 VLINK=#800000> <FONT SIZE=+1> <CENTER> <P><H2> Homepage of </H2> <H1> xorriso </H1> <H2>ISO 9660 Rock Ridge Filesystem Manipulator for Linux</H2> </CENTER> <P> <H2>Purpose:</H2> xorriso maps file objects from POSIX compliant filesystems into Rock Ridge enhanced ISO 9660 filesystems and allows session-wise manipulation of such filesystems. It can load the management information of existing ISO images and it writes the session results to optical media or to filesystem objects. </P> <P> <HR> <A HREF="#download">Direct hop to download links -></A> <P> <H2>Hardware requirements:</H2> A CD/DVD recorder suitable for <A HREF="http://libburnia-project.org">http://libburnia-project.org</A> <BR> (SCSI , ATA , USB , or SATA writers compliant to standard MMC-3 for CD and to MMC-5 for DVD). <BR> </P> <P> <H2>Software requirements :</H2> <DL> <DT>Linux with kernel 2.4 or higher (and libc, of course) :</DT> <DD>With kernel 2.4 an ATA drive has to be under ide-scsi emulation.</DD> <DD>With kernel 2.6 the drive should not be under ide-scsi.</DD> <DT>libpthread</DT> <DD>is supposed to be a standard system component.</DD> <DT>libreadline and libreadline-dev</DT> <DD>are optional and eventually make dialog more convenient.</DD> </DL> </P> <P> <H2> GPL software included:<BR> </H2> <DL> <DT>libburn-0.4.5</DT> <DD>reads and writes data from and to CD and DVD.</DD> <DD>(founded by Derek Foreman and Ben Jansens, furthered since August 2006 by team of libburnia-project.org)</DD> <DT>libisofs-0.6.4</DT> <DD>operates ISO 9660 images.</DD> <DD>(By Vreixo Formoso and Mario Danic from team of libburnia-project.org)</DD> <DT>libisoburn-0.1.4</DT> <DD>coordinates libburn and libisofs, emulates multi-session where needed.</DD> <DD>(By Vreixo Formoso and Thomas Schmitt from team of libburnia-project.org)</DD> </DL> <DD>The source code of this software is independent of cdrecord and mkisofs.</A> </DD> </P> <P> This program system has been tested on Intel/AMD Linux systems only.<BR> For ports to other usable systems <A HREF="#contact">contact us</A>. </P> <HR> <P> <H2>Special features:</H2> <UL> <LI> ISO 9660 formatter and burner for CD or DVD are fixely integrated. </LI> <LI> Operates on an existing ISO image or creates a new one. </LI> <LI> Copies files from filesystem into the ISO image. </LI> <LI> Renames or deletes file objects in the ISO image. </LI> <LI> Changes file properties in the ISO image. </LI> <LI> Updates ISO subtrees incrementally to match given disk subtrees. </LI> <LI> Can write result as completely new image to optical media or filesystem objects. </LI> <LI> Can write result as add-on session to appendable multi-session media, to overwriteable media, to regular files, and to block devices. </LI> <LI> Scans for optical drives, blanks re-useable optical media. </LI> <LI> Suitable for: CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+R/DL, DVD+RW, DVD-RAM. </LI> <LI> Reads its instructions from command line arguments, dialog, and batch files. </LI> <LI> Provides navigation commands for interactive ISO image manipulation. </LI> <LI> Adjustable thresholds for abort, exit value, and problem reporting. </LI> </UL> </P> <P> <H2>Command Examples:</H2> <DL> <DT>Get an overview of drives and their addresses</DT> <DD>#<KBD> xorriso -devices</KBD></DD> <DT>Being superuser avoids permission problems with /dev/srN resp. /dev/hdX . </DT> <DT>Ordinary users should then get granted rw access to the /dev files as listed by option -devices.</DT> <DT> </DT> <DT>Options are either performed as program arguments or as dialog input. Some options have a parameter list of variable length. This list has to be terminated by word '--' or by the end of the input line. Option -add may accept pathspecs of form target=source as known from program mkisofs.</DT> <HR> <DT>Get info about a particular drive and loaded media:</DT> <DD>$<KBD> xorriso -indev /dev/sr0 -du / -- -toc 2>&1 | less</KBD></DD> <DT>Make re-usable media writable again, delete any ISO 9660 image:</DT> <DD>$<KBD> xorriso -outdev /dev/sr0 -blank fast -eject all</KBD></DD> <DT> <HR> </DT> <DT>Write some directories into a new or existing ISO 9660 image:</DT> <DD>$<KBD> xorriso -dev /dev/sr0 -add /home/me/sounds /home/me/pictures </KBD></DD> <DT>Check the result:</DT> <DD>$<KBD> xorriso -indev /dev/sr0 -du / -- -toc 2>&1 | less</KBD></DD> <DT> <HR> </DT> <DT>Create new ISO-9660 filesystem image, compose content, adjust permissions to make it publicly read-only, write it to media and immediately eject media without previously reloading the written image. </DT> <DD>$<KBD> xorriso -outdev /dev/sr0 -blank fast -pathspecs on \</KBD></DD> <DD><KBD> -add /sounds=/home/me/sounds \</KBD></DD> <DD><KBD> /pictures=/home/me/pictures -- \</KBD></DD> <DD><KBD> -rm_r /sounds/indecent '/pictures/*private*' -- \</KBD></DD> <DD><KBD> -add /pictures/private/horses=/home/me/pictures/private/horses -- \</KBD></DD> <DD><KBD> -chmod_r a+r,a-w / -- \</KBD></DD> <DD><KBD> -find / -type d -exec chmod a+x -- \</KBD></DD> <DD><KBD> -volid SOUNDS_PICS_2008_01_16 \</KBD></DD> <DD><KBD> -commit_eject all</KBD></DD> <DT> <HR> </DT> <DT>Load the previous session from media, remove (i.e. hide) directory /sounds, rename /pictures/private/horses, add new directory trees /sounds and /movies, disallow any access for group and others. Finally write as additional session to media and eject:</DT> <DD>$<KBD> xorriso -dev /dev/sr0 -pathspecs on \</KBD></DD> <DD><KBD> -rm_r /sounds -- \</KBD></DD> <DD><KBD> -mv /pictures/private/horses /horse_show -- \</KBD></DD> <DD><KBD> -add /sounds=/home/me/prepared_for_dvd/sounds_dummy \</KBD></DD> <DD><KBD> /movies=/home/me/prepared_for_dvd/movies -- \</KBD></DD> <DD><KBD> -chmod_r go-rwx / -- \</KBD></DD> <DD><KBD> -volid SOUNDS_PICS_2008_01_17 \</KBD></DD> <DD><KBD> -commit_eject all</KBD></DD> <DT> <HR> </DT> <DT>Merge the various sessions from old readable media into a single session on new writeable media, cleaning out all invalidated files and session overhead. Touch / in order to mark the image as worth to be written. <BR> Important: -indev and -outdev have to be different drives. </DT> <DD>$<KBD> xorriso -indev /dev/dvd \</KBD></DD> <DD><KBD> -alter_date a +0 / -- \</KBD></DD> <DD><KBD> -outdev /dev/sr0 -blank fast \</KBD></DD> <DD><KBD> -commit_eject all</KBD></DD> <DT> <HR> </DT> <DT>Dialog mode accepts one or more options per line. An option and all its arguments have to be given in one single line. Command -end stops the program run. It will write eventually pending changes to media, if that has not already been done by a previous -commit.</DT> <DD>$<KBD> xorriso -dialog on</KBD></DD> <DD><KBD>enter option and arguments :</KBD></DD> <DD><KBD><B>-dev /dev/sr0 -pathspecs on</B></KBD></DD> <DD><KBD>enter option and arguments :</KBD></DD> <DD><KBD><B>-add /sounds=/home/me/prepared_for_dvd/sounds_dummy /movies=/home/me/prepared_for_dvd/movies</B></KBD></DD> <DD>Available navigation commands: -cd, -ls, -du, -find</DD> <DD><KBD>enter option and arguments :</KBD></DD> <DD><KBD><B>-commit</B></KBD></DD> <DD>... perform further commands and finally do:</DD> <DD><KBD>enter option and arguments :</KBD></DD> <DD><KBD><B>-end</B></KBD></DD> <DT> <HR> </DT> <DT>The following command can be run on blank media to create a complete copy of the mentioned disk directory trees, and it can be run on appendable media to perform a minimal set of change operations which update the old ISO copies to match the new disk trees. Older states can be retrieved by help of mount option "session=" from CD-R[W], by help of "sbsector=" from DVD-R[W] and DVD+R. So this constitutes true incremental backup. On overwriteable media only the newest state is accessible. <!-- Older states can be retrieved by help of mount option "session=" from CD-R[W], by help of "sbsector=" from other media. So this constitutes true incremental backup. --> </DT> <DD>$<KBD> xorriso -dev /dev/sr0 \</KBD></DD> <DD><KBD> -volid PROJECTS_MAIL_"$(date '+%Y_%m_%d_%H%M%S')" \</KBD></DD> <!-- <DD><KBD> -not_leaf '*.o' -not_leaf '*.swp' \</KBD></DD> --> <DD><KBD> -update_r /home/thomas/open_source_projects /open_source_projects \</KBD></DD> <DD><KBD> -update_r /home/thomas/personal_mail /personal_mail \</KBD></DD> <DD><KBD> -commit -toc -eject all</KBD></DD> <DT> <HR> </DT> <DT>In batch mode it is possible to operate xorriso in a pipeline with an external consumer of the generated ISO image. Any message output will be redirected to stderr in this case.</DT> <DD>$<KBD> xorriso -outdev - ...other.options... | consumer</KBD></DD> <DT> <HR> </DT> <DT>Get overview of the options:</DT> <DD>$<KBD> <A HREF="xorriso_help">xorriso -help</A></KBD></DD> <DT>Read the detailed manual page:</DT> <DD>$<KBD> <A HREF="man_1_xorriso.html">man xorriso</A></KBD></DD> </DL> Testers wanted who are willing to risk some double layer DVD media. </P> <HR> <A NAME="download"></A> <P> <DL> <DT><H3>Download as source code (see README):</H3></DT> <DD><A HREF="xorriso-0.1.4.pl00.tar.gz">xorriso-0.1.4.pl00.tar.gz</A> (955 KB). </DD> </DL> </DD> </DL> <DL><DT>Documentation:</DT> <DD><A HREF="README_xorriso">README</A> about installation and drive setup</DD> <DD><A HREF="xorriso_help">xorriso -help</A> gives an overview of options</DD> <DD><A HREF="man_1_xorriso.html">man xorriso</A> is the manual page</DD> </DL> <A NAME="contact"></A> <DL><DT>Contact:</DT> <DD>Thomas Schmitt, <A HREF="mailto:scdbackup@gmx.net">scdbackup@gmx.net</A></DD> <DD>libburn development mailing list, <A HREF="mailto:libburn-hackers@pykix.org">libburn-hackers@pykix.org</A></DD> </DL> <DL><DT>License:</DT> <DD><A HREF="COPYING_xorriso">GPL version 2</A>, an <A HREF="http://www.opensource.org/">Open Source</A> approved license</DD> <DD> </DD> </DL> </P> <HR> <P> Enhancements towards previous stable version xorriso-0.1.2.pl00: <UL> <LI>Coordination of -cut_out, -compare and -update</LI> <LI>New option -split_size, automated splitting of oversized files</LI> <LI>Improved performance with reading directory trees</LI> <LI>New option -session_log</LI> <LI>Dynamically linkable with release version 0.6.4 of libisofs</LI> </UL> Bug fixes towards xorriso-0.1.2.pl00: <UL> <LI>-as mkisofs -no-pad was misspelled -nopad</LI> <LI>Implicite directory attribute copying with -cut_out was wrong</LI> </UL> </P> <HR> <P> <DL> <DT><H3>Development snapshot, version 0.1.5 :</H3></DT> <DD>Bug fixes towards xorriso-0.1.4.pl00: <UL> <LI>- none yet -</LI> <!-- <LI>- none yet -</LI> --> </UL> </DD> <DD>Enhancements towards stable version 0.1.4.pl00: <UL> <LI>New option -error_behavior with a first occasion 'image_loading'</LI> <LI>New options -not_paths, -not_leaf, -not_list, -not_mgt, -as mkisofs -m</LI> <LI>Emulated -toc on overwriteable media</LI> <LI>New TOC layout with volume id</LI> <LI>New option -rom_toc_scan for read-only drive problems</LI> <!-- <LI>- none yet -</LI> --> </UL> </DD> <DD> </DD> <DD><A HREF="README_xorriso_devel">README 0.1.5</A> <DD><A HREF="xorriso_help_devel">xorriso_0.1.5 -help</A></DD> <DD><A HREF="man_1_xorriso_devel.html">man xorriso (as of 0.1.5)</A></DD> <DD> </DD> <DT>If you want to distribute development versions of xorriso, then use this tarball which produces static linking between xorriso and the libburnia libraries. </DT> <DD>Source (./bootstrap is already applied, build tested, installation see README) </DD> <DD> <A HREF="xorriso-0.1.5.tar.gz">xorriso-0.1.5.tar.gz</A> (970 KB). </DD> <DT>A dynamically linked development version of xorriso can be obtained from repositories of <A HREF="http://libburnia-project.org"> libburnia-project.org</A>. xorriso is part of libisoburn/trunk and will get built by its "make". </DT> <DT>Be warned that the libraries in SVN and bzr are development versions with possibly unstable API/ABI enhancements. Do not distribute development versions for dynamic linking. Only release versions are safe for that. </DT> <DD>Download: <KBD><B>svn co http://svn.libburnia-project.org/libburn/trunk libburn</B> </KBD></DD> <DD>Install: <KBD><B>cd libburn ; ./bootstrap ; ./configure --prefix /usr ; make ; make install</B> </KBD></DD> <DD>Download: <KBD><B>bzr branch lp:libisofs</B></KBD></DD> <DD>Install: <KBD><B>cd libisofs ; ./bootstrap ; ./configure --prefix /usr ; make ; make install</B> </KBD></DD> <DD>Download: <KBD><B>svn co http://svn.libburnia-project.org/libisoburn/trunk libisoburn</B> </KBD></DD> <DD>Install: <KBD><B>cd libisoburn ; ./bootstrap ; ./configure --prefix /usr ; make ; make install</B> </KBD></DD> <DD>Build of SVN versions needs <A HREF="http://sources.redhat.com/autobook/"> autotools</A> of at least version 1.7 installed. But after the run of <KBD>./bootstrap</KBD>, only vanilla tools like make and gcc are needed.</DD> </DD> <DD> </DD> </DL> </P> <HR> <P> Many thanks to Derek Foreman and Ben Jansens for starting libburn. <BR> Very special thanks to Andy Polyakov whose <A HREF="http://fy.chalmers.se/~appro/linux/DVD+RW/tools">dvd+rw-tools</A> provide the libburnia project with invaluable examples on how to deal with DVD media and how to emulate multi-session on overwriteable media. </P> <HR> <CENTER><FONT SIZE=+0> <!-- <A NAME="bottom" HREF="main_ger.html#bottom">deutsch (german)</A> <BR><BR> --> <BR><BR> <FONT SIZE=+0>Enjoying free Open Source hosting by <A HREF="http://www.webframe.org">www.webframe.org</A><BR> <A HREF="http://www.webframe.org"> <IMG SRC="msfree.gif" ALT="100 % Microsoft free" BORDER=0></A><BR> and by <A HREF="http://sourceforge.net">sourceforge.net</A><BR> <A href="http://sourceforge.net"> <IMG src="sflogo-88-1.png" BORDER="0" ALT="SourceForge Logo"></A> <!-- on sourceforge use : <IMG src="http://sourceforge.net/sflogo.php?group_id=16010" width="88" height="31" border="0" alt="SourceForge Logo"></A> --> </FONT></CENTER> <HR> <DL> <DT>Links to my other published software projects :</DT> <DD><A HREF=http://scdbackup.webframe.org/cdrskin_eng.html> cdrskin, a cdrecord emulator</A></DD> <DD><A HREF=http://scdbackup.webframe.org/main_eng.html> scdbackup, multi volume CD backup</A></DD> <DL><DD><A HREF=http://scdbackup.sourceforge.net/main_eng.html> (a second source of above)</A></DD></DL> <DD><A HREF=http://stic.sourceforge.net>Some Tools for Image Collectors</A></DD> <DD><A HREF=http://scdbackup.webframe.org/pppoem> pppoem, a DSL throughput monitor (mainly for Linux kernel 2.4)</A></DD> </DL> <BR><BR> Legal statement: This website does not serve any commercial purpose.<BR> <BR><BR> </FONT> </BODY> </HTML>