Bash Copying a data CD
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#!/bin/bash # copy-cd.sh: copying a data CD
CDROM=/dev/cdrom # CD ROM device OF=/home/bozo/projects/cdimage.iso # output file # /xxxx/xxxxxxx/ Change to suit your system. BLOCKSIZE=2048 SPEED=2 # May use higher speed if supported.
echo; echo "Insert source CD, but do *not* mount it." echo "Press ENTER when ready. " read ready # Wait for input, $ready not used.
echo; echo "Copying the source CD to $OF." echo "This may take a while. Please be patient."
dd if=$CDROM of=$OF bs=$BLOCKSIZE # Raw device copy.
echo; echo "Remove data CD." echo "Insert blank CDR." echo "Press ENTER when ready. " read ready # Wait for input, $ready not used.
echo "Copying $OF to CDR."
cdrecord -v -isosize speed=$SPEED dev=0,0 $OF # Uses Joerg Schilling's "cdrecord" package (see its docs). # http://www.fokus.gmd.de/nthp/employees/schilling/cdrecord.html
echo; echo "Done copying $OF to CDR on device $CDROM."
echo "Do you want to erase the image file (y/n)? " # Probably a huge file. read answer
case "$answer" in [yY]) rm -f $OF echo "$OF erased." ;; *) echo "$OF not erased.";; esac
echo
# Exercise: # Change the above "case" statement to also accept "yes" and "Yes" as input.
exit 0
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