mkcd - burn a data CD from an ISO image or data directory
mkcd [-n] [dev=device] [speed=n] [blank=mode] {image.iso|dir}
mkcd is a script to burn data CD-Rs.
It is partner to mkiso(1cs), a program to make ISO9660 CD images.
Normally you would hand it a premade ISO9660 CD image to burn.
Alternatively you can hand it a directory containing the data for the CD
and it will call mkiso(1cs) to make the requisite CD image for you.
No action. Run cdrecord(1) in dummy mode.
If handing a directory to mkcd this can be used to supply a label string in lieu of a LABEL file.
The following arguments are passed to cdrecord(1). The script obtains defaults for these from the configuration files and the MKCDDEV environment variable.
Specifiy the location of the CD burner on the SCSI bus. Recent cdrecord(1)s can also support IDE as dev=/dev/hdx.
Specify the burn speed.
Blank a CD-RW before writing.
/etc/mkcdrc, a shell script to set mkcd defaults being speed= and dev=
$HOME/.mkcdrc, personal mkcd settings, also a shell script
MKCDDEV, the bus,id,lun string used in dev=bus,id,lun. For example I set this to 0,4,0 on our work CD burning machine.
mkiso(1cs), mkisofs(1), cdrecord(1)
mkcd is really just a wrapper for the cdrecord(1) command
by Joerg Schilling.
Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au> 12jul2000