Quoth Brian May, > Is it possible to copy a CD using command line tools? (for legal > reasons of course)
If it's a data CD, just create an image with: dd if=/dev/cdrom of=/tmp/image.iso then write it with cdrecord. I believe it's actually possible to have the output piped directly to cdrecord, but I don't know the switches off the top of my head. Also creating the image first is less likely to result in a coaster. If it's a music CD, use cdparanoia (from the people who later bought us ogg vorbis), then cdrecord. Or use cdrao (or something like that). Personally, when I have used cd burners, usually I'll use gcombust, which works well. I started off with command line tools, however, and they work well. HTH, damon -- Damon Muller | Did a large procession wave their torches Criminologist/Linux Geek | As my head fell in the basket, http://killfilter.com | And was everybody dancing on the casket... PGP (GnuPG): A136E829 | - TBMG, "Dead"
