Hi, me: > > not fixely standardized output of cdrecord -atip. > > My backup tool is [was] grep'ing for "^ Is erasable". Joerg: > Maybe, I should go back to the old string at least for the -atip > code as e.g. non-MMC drives stilll use the old string.
This seems to be a good idea. As your long time user and frontened programmer i would appreciate if the traditional ways of reporting media info stay available and compatible. As your imitator i learned that other frontends do interpret those messages and try to act accordingly. > This is what -minfo currently prints for an appendable > multi-border DVD+R: I understand -minfo shall become a new general source of media info. The current man-page entry for "-minfo" is still a bit sparse. So i assume the format is not fixely determined yet. It would need to be open for future media, anyway. Maybe you should strive for something like the e-mail headers: Some of them are standardized by RFCs, some are plain freestyle of mail tools. Heavy evolution, total mess - but i can still pick from them the information i need. For CD media, that could be something like : Media-Current: CD-RW Media-Profile: 000Ah CD-RW Media-Profile: 0008h CD-ROM Media-Write-Status: is written Media-Close-Status: is appendable Media-Reuse: is erasable Media-Speed-Max: 10 Media-Speed-Min: 4 Media-Content-Layout: Session Track Type Start End Size Media-Content-Track: 1 1 data 0 55253 55254 ... Media-Content-Track: 5 5 data 77434 80515 3082 Media-Msinfo: 77434,87416 The most important headers and their meaning should be described in man cdrecord. Frontend programmers will love it. Have a nice day :) Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
