Re: [tlug] rsync vs dd [was Tlug Digest, Vol 14, Issue 23]

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen@??>]

Godwin Stewart writes:

 > It doesn't really matter. Nothing says that the data burned to a DVD or
 > CD *has* to be an ISO image. It can be, for example, a tar file:
 > 
 > # tar -c[z,j]f - whatever | cdrecord {options} -pad -

I specifically excluded use of cdrecord.

I thank you for this suggestion, though, it's a very interesting
concept (dicking around with mkisofs or its front ends is annoying).