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CDSPLIT(1)		     General Commands Manual		      CDSPLIT(1)

NAME
     cdsplit - Copy the output of any shell command onto one or more CD-R(W)s

SYNOPSIS
     cdsplit  [ -1, --single ] [ -b, --blank ] [ -h, --help ] [ -I, --no-iso ] [
     -n, --name=NAME ] [ -s, --speed=SPEED ] [ -S, --cdsize=SIZE ] [ -t,  --test
     ] [ -V, --version ] [ -w, --workdir=PATH ] DEVICE COMMAND

OPTIONS
     -1, --single
	    Burn  the last disk in single session mode.  Normally, the last disk
	    is burned in multisession mode, allowing for additional data  to  be
	    appended to the end of it.

     -b, --blank
	    Blank all disks before writing.

     -h, --help
	    Show usage message and quit.

     -I, --no-iso
	    This  option  can  only be used in conjunction with --test.  It pre-
	    vents the input chunks from being rolled up into ISO files.  By  de-
	    fault, ISO 9660 images are created, ready to be burned onto CD.

     -n, --name=NAME
	    Set  the  filename prefix to be used on the CD.  If the entire image
	    fits on one CD then this will be the actual  filename  on  that  CD.
	    Otherwise,	a dot and the disk number will be appended to the end of
	    each filename.  The default filename prefix is 'cdbkup'.

     -s, --speed=SPEED
	    Set the burn speed.  The default is 2.

     -S, --cdsize=SIZE
	    Specify the size of the output media in  bytes.   Normally,  cdsplit
	    attempts  to  autodetect  the size of the disk and uses a default of
	    650,000,000 bytes if autodetection fails.  This option disables  au-
	    todetection.

	    Unless  --no-iso  is specified, SIZE must be large enough to account
	    for both high-level  and  low-level  filesystem  overhead.	 So  you
	    should  expect  any  ISO images to be significantly smaller than the
	    given value.  If --no-iso is specified then SIZE is the exact  maxi-
	    mum filesize.

     -t, --test
	    Do	not  use  the  CD-ROM burner.  In this mode, the backup proceeds
	    normally, except that the backup files are saved to the current  di-
	    rectory  instead  of being burned onto CD-R(W)s.  The output is nor-
	    mally packaged up into ISO images, unless --no-iso is specified.

	    If -t is used, the following options are ignored: -1, -b, -s.

     -V, --version
	    Print the version number and exit.

     -w, --workdir=PATH
	    Set the working directory as specified.  If  it  doesn't  exist,  it
	    will be created.

DESCRIPTION
     This manual page documents briefly the CDSplit backup utility.

     CDSplit executes the given shell command, and interactively copies its STD-
     OUT  onto	one or more (as necessary) CD-R(W)s.  For each disk, it asks the
     user to insert the disk into the CD burner and to press enter.  It also of-
     fers the ability to retry each step when errors occur.  CDSplit will  auto-
     matically use available space on multisession disks.

DEVICES
     The  device specified on the command line is the SCSI device for the CD-ROM
     burner.  For more information, see cdrecord (1).

SEE ALSO
     cdappend(1), cdbkup(1), cdcat(1), cdrecord(1), cdrstr(1).

AUTHOR
     John-Paul Gignac <jp@gignac.org>

				   Mar 6, 2002			      CDSPLIT(1)

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