LDP/LDP/guide/docbook/abs-guide/ex40.sh

#!/bin/bash
# ex40.sh (burn-cd.sh)
# Script to automate burning a CDR.


SPEED=10         # May use higher speed if your hardware supports it.
IMAGEFILE=cdimage.iso
CONTENTSFILE=contents
# DEVICE=/dev/cdrom     For older versions of cdrecord
DEVICE="1,0,0"
DEFAULTDIR=/opt  # This is the directory containing the data to be burned.
                 # Make sure it exists.
                 # Exercise: Add a test for this.

# Uses Joerg Schilling's "cdrecord" package:
# http://www.fokus.fhg.de/usr/schilling/cdrecord.html

#  If this script invoked as an ordinary user, may need to suid cdrecord
#+ chmod u+s /usr/bin/cdrecord, as root.
#  Of course, this creates a security hole, though a relatively minor one.

if [ -z "$1" ]
then
  IMAGE_DIRECTORY=$DEFAULTDIR
  # Default directory, if not specified on command-line.
else
    IMAGE_DIRECTORY=$1
fi

# Create a "table of contents" file.
ls -lRF $IMAGE_DIRECTORY > $IMAGE_DIRECTORY/$CONTENTSFILE
# The "l" option gives a "long" file listing.
# The "R" option makes the listing recursive.
# The "F" option marks the file types (directories get a trailing /).
echo "Creating table of contents."

# Create an image file preparatory to burning it onto the CDR.
mkisofs -r -o $IMAGEFILE $IMAGE_DIRECTORY
echo "Creating ISO9660 file system image ($IMAGEFILE)."

# Burn the CDR.
echo "Burning the disk."
echo "Please be patient, this will take a while."
wodim -v -isosize dev=$DEVICE $IMAGEFILE
#  In newer Linux distros, the "wodim" utility assumes the
#+ functionality of "cdrecord."
exitcode=$?
echo "Exit code = $exitcode"

exit $exitcode