#/bin/sh

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# makedvd
#
# shellscript to backup data onto DVD-R under linux
# worked with a TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SD-R5002 (a sub 100 dollar DVD-burner)
# on a Dell box running Linux Mandrake 9.1, where 
# mkisofs-2.0-2mdk.i586.rpm and cdrecord-2.0-2mdk.i586.rpm were installed. 
#
# prepair:
#  -  get cdrecord_prodvd (the version number might have change):
#     wget ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/cdrecord/ProDVD/cdrecord-prodvd-2.01a12-i586-pc-linux-gnu
#     wget ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/cdrecord/ProDVD/cdrecord-wrapper.sh
#     mv cdrecord-prodvd-2.01a12-i586-pc-linux-gnu cdrecord-ProDVD
#  -  check dev= argument with 'cdrecordpro --scanbus' and modify dev=*,*,* accordingly 
#     in the second last line below
#
# install:
# -   throw the three files cdrecord-ProDVD, cdrecord-wrapper.sh, makedvd into /usr/bin
#     and adjust their permissions 
#
# usage:
#  -  to backup a directory "backupdir" containing less then 4.1 gig, type
#     makedvd backupdir
#     at the commandline
#                                                              O.Knill, 2003  
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mkisofs -r -d -o dvdimage.iso $1
cdrecord-wrapper.sh -eject -v speed=4 dev=1,1,0 dvdimage.iso
rm dvdimage.iso