

              COPY2CD.EXE - Direct to CD File Copier





>>> PROGRAM DESCRIPTION <<<



    COPY2CD.EXE will copy the files from one or more directories on your

harddrive directly to a CD recorder (without building an ISO9660 image file

first). The disc is written using track-at-once recording.



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>>> COMMAND LINE USAGE <<<



Usage: COPY2CD <pathname> [/ID=ha:id:lun] [/BATCH] [/JOLIET]

         [/NOCONFIRM] [/NOFINALIZE] [/RECURSE] [/SESSION] [/SPEED=n]

         [/TEST] [/VOLUME=label] [/HIDDEN] [/SYSTEM]

pathname    - Directory pathname (must end with '\')

/ID         - SCSI ID of CD recorder (default is first found)

/BATCH      - Disable all logging messages

/JOLIET     - Enables long filename support (Joliet)

/NOCONFIRM  - Disable all confirmation prompts

/NOFINALIZE - Disable session/disc finalization

/RECURSE    - Recurse all subdirectories

/SESSION    - Open new session after finalizing current session

/SPEED=n    - Recording speed (default is maximum)

/TEST       - Enable test recording mode

/VOLUME     - Volume label (maximum 32 characters)

/HIDDEN     - Process "hidden" files

/SYSTEM     - Process "system" files

e.g. COPY2CD C:\DIR1\\DIR2\ /ID=0:5:0

e.g. COPY2CD C:\ /RECURSE /VOLUME=MY_FILES



PATHNAME - The pathname must specify a directory, so it must end with

"\" (e.g. "C:\DIR1\DIR2\"). NOTE: This will be the top level directory

on the CDROM.



/ID=ha:id:lun - Specifies the SCSI ID of the CD recorder.

  "ha"  = Host adpater number (usually zero)

  "id"  = SCSI ID number

  "lun" = Logical unit number (usually zero)



/BATCH - Disables all logging messages on the screen. This is useful

when running the program from a batch (.BAT) file.



/JOLIET - Enables long filename support for Windows 95/NT.



/NOCONFIRM - Disables all confirmation prompts on the screen.



/NOFINALIZE - Disables disc finalization (writing of leadin/leadout

tracks). This allows more tracks to be addded to the current session.

The disc will not be readable on a regular CDROM reader until it is

finalized.



/RECURSE - Causes MAKEISO to recurse all subdirectories. Otherwise,

only files in the specified directory are processed.



/SESSION - This will cause a new session to be opened on the disc

after the current session is finalized. This allows for the creation

of multisession discs.



/SPEED - Recording speed (the default is the maximum allowed by the

selected CD recorder).



/TEST - Enables test recording mode (the disc is not written to).



/VOLUME - The first 11 characters of the volume label will be returned

as the disc's volume label from all DOS/Windows utilities.



/HIDDEN - Processes all directories and files with the "hidden"

attribute. These are ignored by default.



/SYSTEM - Processes all directories and files with the "system"

attribute. These are ignored by default.



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>>> CURRENT RESTRICTIONS <<<



COPY2CD has the following restrictions...



  - COPY2CD can only process complete directories. You cannot select

    specific files to be processed with wildcards.



  - You can only use COPY2CD *once* per blank disc. You cannot add

    more files to the disc by running COPY2CD a second time.



  - Due to DOS memory limitations, the maximum number of files that

    can be processed is approximately 7500. This restriction does not

    apply to the 32-bit version running under Windows NT.



  - No checks are made for illegal ISO9660 characters in the filenames.

    This is not a problem if you are only reading the discs on a DOS

    based system.



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>>> PERFORMANCE TIPS <<<



   Copying very large numbers of small files directly to a CD recorder

can easily result in a buffer underrun due to the overhead of processing

each file "on the fly".



  - Use the /TEST option to make sure that your system is fast enough

    to record large number of files.



  - Use /SPEED=1 if your system is not fast enough to record at 2X or 4X.



  - Defragment your harddrive to reduce file processing time.



  - Use a fast harddrive that does not perform "thermal recalibration".



WARNING: Any buffer underrun that occurs during recording will result

in an unusable disc. Do not attempt to copy files that are currently

open/locked by DOS, Windows, or another program... this will result in

an error when COPY2CD attempts to open and copy the file.



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Please send all suggestions, comments, and bug reports to...



Golden Hawk Technology

125 Indian Rock Road

Merrimack, NH 03054



Phone: 603-424-0269

FAX  : 603-429-0073



URL  : http://www.mainstream.net/goldenhawk

EMAIL: jarnold@mainstream.net



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Updated on APRIL 7, 1997



