mkisofs error

[Al Plant]

Warren Block wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Oct 2009, Warren Block wrote:
> 
>> My data backups to DVD use mkisofs to build ISO9660 DVDs like so:
>>
>> mkisofs -J -joliet-long -r -hide-rr-moved -graft-points dir1 dir2 dir3
>>
>> and then piped into cdrecord.  However, I found a problem with one 
>> file that casts some doubt on the whole process.  The file is named 
>> img_0185-6x4crop.jpg and is 3,309,906 bytes.  On the hard drive, it 
>> reads fine.
>>
>> The filename is present on the DVD, but the file always gives a read 
>> error:
>>
>> # file img_0185-6x4crop.jpg
>> img_0185-6x4crop.jpg: ERROR: cannot read `img_0185-6x4crop.jpg' 
>> (Input/output error)
>>
>> It's not a one-time error; every DVD always has the same problem.  
>> What is going wrong?  A poison filename?
> 
> Following up: growisofs with the same parameters has no problems with 
> that file.
> 
> -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA
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Aloha Warren,

Manolis Kiagias pointed me to growisofs a while ago and I have had no 
problems making dvd's since from the command line.

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