Hi, (Note to myself: This is the extract thread, not the thread about getting .iso files from /dev/sr0.)
Stuart Longland wrote: > > for f in /media/distributionA/*.iso; do > > bn="$( basename "${f}" .iso )" > > dn="$( dirname "${f}" )" > > mount "${f}" /mnt/cdrom -o loop > > rsync -aP /mnt/cdrom "${dn}/${bn}"/ > > umount /mnt/cdrom > > done I wonder why rsync and not "cp -a", and why not only /mnt/cdrom/pool gets copied. Maybe one should only do mount and umount as superuser (via sudo) and leave the loop under control of the normal user. Richard Owlett wrote: > Is there a way to pause your loop to swap DVDs? while true do echo "Insert medium, wait until blinking ends, press Enter key (or Ctrl+C to end)" read dummy ... mount /dev/sr0, rsync or cp, umount /dev/sr0 or xorriso ... -indev /dev/sr0 ... done Have a nice day :) Thomas