On 12/13/2011 06:26 PM, Michael Hennebry wrote: > On Mon, 12 Dec 2011, g wrote: > >> i am familiar with the dd options of -skip and -seek. just not familiar >> with proper way to use dd with cdrecord. >> >> can someone elaborate? > > cdrecord can read from a pipe. -=- i have read 'man cdrecord', but i did not recall using of 'pipe'. i have now red back thru 'man cdrecord' and search for 'pipe' to see just how pipes are used. now i have some playing to do to see just how they work. i have gotten used to using k3b when i do file and directory backup. i find it easier to drag and drop files and directories in a gui than trying to remember where everything is and enter it on a command line. having started at cli, gui has made me lazy and not recalling of what i once new. of course there are a lot more commands to know with the advancing of technology. cd/dvd being just one of them. i thank you for replying. -- peace out. tc.hago, g . *please reply "plain text" only. "html text" are deleted* **** in a free world without fences, who needs gates. ** help microsoft stamp out piracy - give linux to a friend today. ** to mess up a linux box, you need to work at it. to mess up an ms windows box, you just need to *look* at it. ** The installation instructions stated to install Windows 2000 or better. So I installed Linux. ** learn linux: 'Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition' http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html 'The Linux Documentation Project' http://www.tldp.org/ 'LDP HOWTO-index' http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/index.html 'HowtoForge' http://howtoforge.com/ ****
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