diff --git a/xorriso/xorriso.1 b/xorriso/xorriso.1 index 257743ca..ceb00f10 100644 --- a/xorriso/xorriso.1 +++ b/xorriso/xorriso.1 @@ -168,6 +168,10 @@ There are two families of media in the MMC standard: unformatted DVD-RW. These media provide a table of content which describes their existing sessions. See option \fB\-toc\fR. .br +Similar to multi-session media are DVD-R DL and minimally blanked DVD-RW. +They allow only a single session of which the size must be known in advance. +xorriso will write onto them only if option -close is set to "on". +.br \fBOverwriteable media\fR are DVD-RAM, DVD+RW, BD-RE, and formatted DVD-RW. They allow random write access but do not provide information about their session history. If they contain one or more ISO 9660 sessions and if the @@ -241,7 +245,7 @@ The write method of \fBmodifying\fR produces compact filesystem images with no outdated files or directory trees. Modifying can write its images to target media which are completely unsuitable for multi-session operations. E.g. DVD-RW which were treated with -blank deformat_quickest, -named pipes, character devices, sockets. +DVD-R DL, named pipes, character devices, sockets. On the other hand modified sessions cannot be written to appendable media but to blank media only. .br diff --git a/xorriso/xorriso.info b/xorriso/xorriso.info index 3bcdbbfa..9d720067 100644 --- a/xorriso/xorriso.info +++ b/xorriso/xorriso.info @@ -149,6 +149,10 @@ There are two families of media in the MMC standard: *Multi-session media* are CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD+R/DL, BD-R, and unformatted DVD-RW. These media provide a table of content which describes their existing sessions. See option *-toc*. +Similar to multi-session media are DVD-R DL and minimally blanked +DVD-RW. They allow only a single session of which the size must be +known in advance. xorriso will write onto them only if option -close +is set to "on". *Overwriteable media* are DVD-RAM, DVD+RW, BD-RE, and formatted DVD-RW. They allow random write access but do not provide information about their session history. If they contain one or more ISO 9660 sessions @@ -221,9 +225,9 @@ Growing is achieved by option -dev. with no outdated files or directory trees. Modifying can write its images to target media which are completely unsuitable for multi-session operations. E.g. DVD-RW which were treated with -blank -deformat_quickest, named pipes, character devices, sockets. On the -other hand modified sessions cannot be written to appendable media but -to blank media only. +deformat_quickest, DVD-R DL, named pipes, character devices, sockets. +On the other hand modified sessions cannot be written to appendable +media but to blank media only. So for this method one needs either two optical drives or has to work with filesystem objects as source and/or target media. Modifying takes place if input drive and output drive are not the same @@ -3935,12 +3939,12 @@ File: xorriso.info, Node: ConceptIdx, Prev: CommandIdx, Up: Top * ACL, set in ISO image, -setfacl_r: Manip. (line 97) * ACL, show in ISO image, -getfacl: Navigate. (line 69) * ACL, show in ISO image, -getfacl_r: Navigate. (line 76) -* Appendable media, _definition: Media. (line 34) +* Appendable media, _definition: Media. (line 38) * Backslash Interpretation, _definition: Processing. (line 49) * Backup, enable fast incremental, -disk_dev_ino: Loading. (line 163) * Backup, enable features, -for_backup: Loading. (line 158) * Backup, scdbackup checksum tag, -scdbackup: Emulation. (line 131) -* Blank media, _definition: Media. (line 25) +* Blank media, _definition: Media. (line 29) * Blind growing, _definition: Methods. (line 40) * Bootability, control, -boot_image: Bootable. (line 20) * cdrecord, Emulation: Emulation. (line 76) @@ -3950,7 +3954,7 @@ File: xorriso.info, Node: ConceptIdx, Prev: CommandIdx, Up: Top * Character Set, for output, -out_charset: SetWrite. (line 156) * Character set, learn from image, -auto_charset: Loading. (line 80) * Character Set, of terminal, -local_charset: Charset. (line 47) -* Closed media, _definition: Media. (line 39) +* Closed media, _definition: Media. (line 43) * Comment, #: Scripting. (line 128) * Create, new ISO image, _definiton: Methods. (line 6) * Delete, from ISO image, -rm: Manip. (line 21) @@ -4063,7 +4067,7 @@ File: xorriso.info, Node: ConceptIdx, Prev: CommandIdx, Up: Top * Navigate, tell disk working directory, -pwdx: Navigate. (line 23) * Navigate, tell ISO working directory, -pwd: Navigate. (line 20) * Next writeable address, -grow_blindly: AqDrive. (line 44) -* Overwriteable media, _definition: Media. (line 10) +* Overwriteable media, _definition: Media. (line 14) * Ownership, global in ISO image, -uid: SetWrite. (line 162) * Ownership, in ISO image, -chown: Manip. (line 42) * Ownership, in ISO image, -chown_r: Manip. (line 47) @@ -4163,53 +4167,53 @@ Node: Top420 Node: Overview1324 Node: Model3209 Node: Media6089 -Node: Methods8519 -Node: Drives11066 -Node: Extras14372 -Node: Processing17799 -Node: Dialog21295 -Node: Options22952 -Node: AqDrive24520 -Node: Loading27426 -Node: Insert39605 -Node: SetInsert47962 -Node: Manip56529 -Node: CmdFind65210 -Node: Filter75161 -Node: Writing79510 -Node: SetWrite85799 -Node: Bootable97748 -Node: Charset105955 -Node: Exception108709 -Node: DialogCtl113224 -Node: Inquiry115569 -Node: Navigate119699 -Node: Verify127297 -Node: Restore135717 -Node: Emulation142373 -Node: Scripting150096 -Node: Frontend155658 -Node: Examples156859 -Node: ExDevices158028 -Node: ExCreate158662 -Node: ExDialog159936 -Node: ExGrowing161198 -Node: ExModifying162000 -Node: ExBootable162501 -Node: ExCharset163048 -Node: ExPseudo163876 -Node: ExCdrecord164770 -Node: ExMkisofs165085 -Node: ExGrowisofs166088 -Node: ExException167212 -Node: ExTime167666 -Node: ExIncBackup168125 -Node: ExRestore171597 -Node: ExRecovery172566 -Node: Files173132 -Node: Seealso174360 -Node: Legal174884 -Node: CommandIdx175806 -Node: ConceptIdx189612 +Node: Methods8739 +Node: Drives11295 +Node: Extras14601 +Node: Processing18028 +Node: Dialog21524 +Node: Options23181 +Node: AqDrive24749 +Node: Loading27655 +Node: Insert39834 +Node: SetInsert48191 +Node: Manip56758 +Node: CmdFind65439 +Node: Filter75390 +Node: Writing79739 +Node: SetWrite86028 +Node: Bootable97977 +Node: Charset106184 +Node: Exception108938 +Node: DialogCtl113453 +Node: Inquiry115798 +Node: Navigate119928 +Node: Verify127526 +Node: Restore135946 +Node: Emulation142602 +Node: Scripting150325 +Node: Frontend155887 +Node: Examples157088 +Node: ExDevices158257 +Node: ExCreate158891 +Node: ExDialog160165 +Node: ExGrowing161427 +Node: ExModifying162229 +Node: ExBootable162730 +Node: ExCharset163277 +Node: ExPseudo164105 +Node: ExCdrecord164999 +Node: ExMkisofs165314 +Node: ExGrowisofs166317 +Node: ExException167441 +Node: ExTime167895 +Node: ExIncBackup168354 +Node: ExRestore171826 +Node: ExRecovery172795 +Node: Files173361 +Node: Seealso174589 +Node: Legal175113 +Node: CommandIdx176035 +Node: ConceptIdx189841  End Tag Table diff --git a/xorriso/xorriso.texi b/xorriso/xorriso.texi index 9545abc6..9e278583 100644 --- a/xorriso/xorriso.texi +++ b/xorriso/xorriso.texi @@ -264,6 +264,10 @@ There are two families of media in the MMC standard: unformatted DVD-RW. These media provide a table of content which describes their existing sessions. See option @strong{-toc}. @* +Similar to multi-session media are DVD-R DL and minimally blanked DVD-RW. +They allow only a single session of which the size must be known in advance. +xorriso will write onto them only if option -close is set to "on". +@* @cindex Overwriteable media, _definition @strong{Overwriteable media} are DVD-RAM, DVD+RW, BD-RE, and formatted DVD-RW. They allow random write access but do not provide information about their @@ -353,7 +357,7 @@ The write method of @strong{modifying} produces compact filesystem images with no outdated files or directory trees. Modifying can write its images to target media which are completely unsuitable for multi-session operations. E.g. DVD-RW which were treated with -blank deformat_quickest, -named pipes, character devices, sockets. +DVD-R DL, named pipes, character devices, sockets. On the other hand modified sessions cannot be written to appendable media but to blank media only. @* diff --git a/xorriso/xorriso_eng.html b/xorriso/xorriso_eng.html index b305a083..1da4b582 100644 --- a/xorriso/xorriso_eng.html +++ b/xorriso/xorriso_eng.html @@ -581,7 +581,15 @@ cdrecord and mkisofs.
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