--- Andrea Giuliano <a.giuliano@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm writing a BASH script to do simple backups on a > CD-RW, but I can't > find a way to know how much space is left on the > medium. > > A trivial solution could be mounting the medium and > use "du -sk" on it, > but the disadvantage of this method is that the > result would just be the > total length of the original files, while the ISO > images are usually > slightly longer. The result is an underestimated > value. > just an idea, while backing up files to cd read manual mkisofs in "--print-size" section > Any hints? > > Best regards. > > ---- > Andrea Giuliano, Ph. D. > ICCU - Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico > Viale Castro Pretorio 105, Rome - ITALY > Tel. +39064989509, Fax +39064059302 > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win 1 of 4,000 free domain names from Yahoo! Enter now. http://promotions.yahoo.com/goldrush
