At 10:07 PM +0000 12/12/06, Steve Searle wrote: >Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; > protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="3MwIy2ne0vdjdPXF" >Content-Disposition: inline > >Around 09:42pm on Tuesday, December 12, 2006 (UK time), Mike McCarty scrawled: > >> But, since there is no file, there is no EOF. Using dd >> lets you control how much data you pull. The other techniques >> don't do that. > >Is there any way you can tell how big the file is on the CD, so you can >pull just the right amount of data. Or do you need to remember how big >it was from when you wrote it to CD? When I write a CD / DVD without using a filesystem, I'm either writing a tar file or a dump. When I read it back, tar or restore know what to do. For other types of files, you might need to keep track of the length. -- ____________________________________________________________________ TonyN.:' The Great Writ <mailto:tonynelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ' is no more. <http://www.georgeanelson.com/> -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
