Does naybody know how I would copy the contents of a directory recursively into a CD using cdrdao? whats the command, can someone give an example?

Thanks

is there any reason to do that as dao ???
dao is generally used for audio cds it includes audio track info and junk
data cd's are best done tao
anyway if you want to do it from the command line instead of using xcdroast or something
use cdrecord not cdrdao

(an example)
mkisofs -o test.iso -Jrv -V test_disk /home/carla/
mkdir /test_iso
mount -t iso9660 -o ro,loop=/dev/loop0 test.iso /test_iso
look in test_iso and see if it's what you want
umount /test_iso
cdrecord -v -eject speed=8 dev=0,0,0 test.iso
the device number
dev=SCSI bus, device ID, and LUN (Logical Unit Number)
is found with
cdrecord -scanbus

I get an error:
mkisofs: option `-Jrv' is ambiguous

Also I'm not clear :
mkisofs -o test.iso -Jrv -V test_disk /home/carla/

what does "test_disk" do? I'm guessing /home/carla/ is the directory I wanna copy, and test.iso is the place to which I wanna write?

There's no reason to do cdrdao - cdrecord is also fine.
I want to do command line coz there IS no graphical cd writing utility installed on the computer - this is an office linux machine and I dont have root privileges
Thanks!

It's an old thread but...

To avoid mkisofs: option `-Jrv' is ambiguous try putting each option on its own: ie input

$mkisofs -o test.iso -J -r -v -V test_disk /home/carla/

where:

-J uses Joliet naming records for compatibility with Windows
-r uses Rock Ridge naming conventions for *nix compatibility and makes all files publicly readable
-v sets verbose mode
-V test_disk sets the volume name as test_disk (this will show up in windows only afaik)
-o test.iso tell it to name the output file test.iso
/home/carla/ is the directory you want on the iso. Always use the full path and put the slash at the end

I'm sure you worked this all out for yourself many months ago but others may stumble upon this thread so I thought I'd post anyway.