Re: can I write to the cdrom through writing to the device file sr0?

[jeff shia <tshxiayu@gmail.com>]

thank you ,DervishD.
another question:What is the difference between cdrtools and cdrecord?
It seems that the fomer is bigger.


On 8/18/05, DervishD <lkml@dervishd.net> wrote:
>    Hi Jeff :)
> 
>  * jeff shia <tshxiayu@gmail.com> dixit:
> > I want to write a cdrw user space driver just like cdreord,but the
> > cdrecord is too complex and huge!can I write to the cdrom through
> > writing to the device file sr0,here sr0 is the device file of the
> > cdrw.
> 
>    Although someone may say that the size of cdrecord is
> proportional to the author's ego, the crude reality is that cdrecord
> has to be such complex and huge (well, I don't think it is huge,
> but...). It has to be complex because cdwriting *is* complex. Take a
> look at the code and see if you can get rid of things. Nowadays I
> think that most of the writers out there are SCSI-3/MMC compliant, so
> you can just use that driver, but that won't probably remove much
> code.
> 
>    Try joining a cdrecord alternative. I don't remember the name,
> but a project to build a cd recording library exists.
> 
>    Raúl Núñez de Arenas Coronado
> 
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