[mdlug] ISO problom

[Robert Meier]

jack, Robert,

> Can you post the exact command with options that you are using? - Robert
> Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 5:05 PM, jack freeman <freemancomputer at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> I am trying to make an ISO using mkisofs.
>> The ISO is made but the files have a ;1 after each one making it unusable.
>> Has anyone used this before and know how to get rid of that?

I've used wrapper (e.g. k3b) and not used mkisofs directly for a few years,
but I suspect you need the -R option.  See mkisofs(8) for details.



The ISO9660 filesystem imposes many restrictions on filenames including
o only uppercase ascii letters, digits, and underscore characters
o no more than 31 characters (11 for level 1)
o version number starting with 1
o ...

Like the Wired-Equivalent-Privacy (WEP) mechanism of IEEE-802.11,
the ISO9660 filesystem filename system was intended as a
"least-common-denominator" interface for other protocols rather than
for direct use.

I believe the ";1" you are seeing is the version number of each file,
as displayed by your tool (ls(1)?).

There a several protocols compatible with ISO9660.
I believe the de facto standard is RockRidge (IEEE-1282).
The RockRidge protocol adds hidden files to support
o POSIX filename character set
o longer (255? character) names
o file owners, modes, and permissions
o symbolic links
o deeper directory nesting
o ...

Most POSIX tools (e.g. GNU ls(1)) support Rock Ridge,
so if you use -r I suspect you will see the filenames and directories
you expect.

Hopefully helpful,
-- 
Bob

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