On Thursday 28 Nov 2002 7:42 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: > Jordan Elver wrote: > >Hi, > >Is there a command to compare the contents of two cds? > >So, I put one cd in my cdburner, one in my dvd drive. Can I compare that > > they contain exactly the same files? > > > >TIA, > >Cheers, > >Jord > > Xcdroast will verify a disc write for you, of cause that assumes that the > original cashing up is done write, but not withstanding an accurate > read it does a fair job of ensuring the finish write to CD is a true and > fair copy of the cashed up . > > I don't see why there shouldn't be a command line way, of reading the > disk and comparing with the written disc , in the way you describe . > It would be interesting to know if anyone has a method. If xcdroast > a gui front end can read a harddrive and compare it with a disc then > Igues the same programme can read on cd and compare it with > another CD. > > > John
I thought as much. I would like a way to do this, I don't seem to get on with many of the gui cd burning software available and would like a quick command line for it. I'm sure there must be something. Thanks for the reply, Cheers, Jord -- Jordan Elver http://www.jordanelver.co.uk "A good messenger expects to get shot." --- Larry Wall
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