Hi Leslie, Guys, On Sunday 27 November 2016 02:37:51 Leslie Turriff wrote: > On 2016-11-25 07:00:11 Baron wrote: > > Hi Leslie > > > > On Friday 25 November 2016 11:04:46 Leslie Turriff wrote: > > > On 2016-11-21 17:35:21 deloptes wrote: > > > > Baron wrote: > > > > > Hi All, > > > > > > > > > > On Sunday 20 November 2016 23:43:03 deloptes wrote: > > > > >> I've not worked with cd/DVD file systems for many years > > > > >> now, bu I think there was extention to overcome such > > > > >> limitation. I would try to create iso image first and > > > > >> inspect it via loop mount. > > > > >> > > > > >> regards > > > > > > > > > > Using K3B produces a DVD with a single directory with all > > > > > the files and sub directories intact. So from that point > > > > > of view the data has been backed up, but unfortunately > > > > > where the files have come from is lost. So unless I create > > > > > an included note of where they come from, I can't put the > > > > > data back into the right place. > > > > > > > > > > Thanks: > > > > > > > > The best way to back up is using tar anyway. Is it not an > > > > option? If you wish to have directories, you may need to read > > > > about the ISO9660 format > > > > > > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Disk_Format > > > > Thank you for this link. Very informative. There is a lot there > > that I simply had no idea about. > > > > > > depends on the data you copy to the dvd it might render > > > > unusable if you would expect it to behave as data on a normal > > > > filesystem > > > > > > You might also want to take a look at dar. > > > > Yes I will do that, again I've never heard of "dar" > > From info dar (http://dar.linux.free.fr/): > > dar is a full featured backup tool, aimed for disks > (floppy, CD-R(W), DVD-R(W), zip, jazz, etc.) and since release > 2.4.0 adapted to tapes. > > dar can store a backup in several files (called "slices" in > the follow- ing) of a given size, eventually pausing or > running a user com- mand/script before starting the next slice. > This can allow for example, the burning of the last generated slice > on a CD-R, or changing a floppy disk before continuing on the next > one. Like its grand-brother, the great "tar" command, dar > may also use compression, at the difference that compression is > used inside the archive to be able to have com- pressed slices > of the defined size. But the most important feature of dar is its > ability to make differential backups. In other words, back- ups > that contain only new files or files that have changed from a > backup of reference. Moreover with differential backup, dar > also stores files that have been deleted since the backup of > reference. Thus, when restoring, first a full backup, then > additional differential backups, at each restoration you get the > exact state of the filesystem at the time of the backup. And of > course, the reference backup may be a full or a differential backup > itself. > > dar also can make encrypted backups. > > > > Leslie I have been and had a look at "dar" it looks like the answer to getting the files backed up with a complete directory tree. Thanks again. -- Best Regards: Baron