Around 11:47pm on Monday, December 11, 2006 (UK time), Mike McCarty scrawled: > >If I use cdrecord to write a file to a cd, how can i read it back. Say > >a text file? > > Insufficient information. The cdrecord command has a lot of ways > to do what you specify. You need to post the exact command you > have in mind. > > If you mean what I think you do, then you might need to use > dd. You were correct Mike, dd did work. I wrote the file with: $ cdrecord dev=/dev/hdb -dao test.txt And copied it back with: $ dd if=/dev/hdb of=test2.txt Cheers Steve -- A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting a bad thing? 20:00:39 up 115 days, 22:27, 1 user, load average: 0.05, 0.07, 0.03
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