[TriLUG] cdrecord progress meter?

Joseph Tate dragonstrider at gmail.com
Mon Nov 1 20:30:00 EST 2004


On Mon, 1 Nov 2004 17:39:55 -0500, Matt Frye <mattfrye at gmail.com> wrote:
> Such a meter might have more to do with how cdrecord uses your
> hardware.  I used to have just such meter appear when I burned a cd,
> but since I upgraded my burner, it has gone away.  I began to look
> into it, but didn't have time.  Check it out.

No hashes, but -verbose will spit progress as #MB of #MB completed. 
As well as some moderately useful information about the media and the
burner itself.

I also like the -eject option.  There's a nice visual/aural indication
when the burn is completed when the CD tray pops open.

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Joseph Tate
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