Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932461AbWBCLd5 (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Feb 2006 06:33:57 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932465AbWBCLd5 (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Feb 2006 06:33:57 -0500 Received: from mailhub.fokus.fraunhofer.de ([193.174.154.14]:15775 "EHLO mailhub.fokus.fraunhofer.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932461AbWBCLd4 (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Feb 2006 06:33:56 -0500 From: Joerg Schilling Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2006 12:32:37 +0100 To: schilling@fokus.fraunhofer.de, jengelh@linux01.gwdg.de Cc: mrmacman_g4@mac.com, matthias.andree@gmx.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, jgarzik@pobox.com, James@superbug.co.uk, acahalan@gmail.com, "unlisted-recipients:; "@pop3.mail.demon.net Subject: Re: CD writing in future Linux (stirring up a hornets' nest) Message-ID: <43E33F55.nail5CA4MZAKZ@burner> References: <43D7A7F4.nailDE92K7TJI@burner> <8614E822-9ED1-4CB1-B8F0-7571D1A7767E@mac.com> <43D7B1E7.nailDFJ9MUZ5G@burner> <20060125230850.GA2137@merlin.emma.line.org> <43D8C04F.nailE1C2X9KNC@burner> <20060126161028.GA8099@suse.cz> <43DA2E79.nailFM911AZXH@burner> <43DA4DDA.7070509@superbug.co.uk> <43DDFBFF.nail16Z3N3C0M@burner> <20060130120408.GA8436@merlin.emma.line.org> <43DE3AE5.nail16ZL1UH7X@burner> <43DE4055.8090501@pobox.com> <43DE42DD.nail2AM41DPRR@burner> <43E0E950.nail46349AMDL@burner> In-Reply-To: User-Agent: nail 11.2 8/15/04 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1369 Lines: 38 Jan Engelhardt wrote: > > > >> I am not sure if I understood your other mail on the cdrecord ML, but if > >> the proper syntax would be > >> cdrecord -dev=/dev/hdc:@ > >> then > >> /dev/hdc > >> could just be transparently turned into > >> /dev/hdc:@ > >> somewhere within the getopt part. > > > >See complete description, the :@ is not just for fun.... > > > > "If the name of the device node that has been speci??? > fied on such a system refers to exactly one SCSI device, a shorthand in > the form dev= devicename:@ or dev= devicename:@,lun may be used instead > of dev= devicename:scsibus,target,lun." > > So @ is equal to 0,0,0 or 0,0? ":@" is a shorthand for ":@,0" which is a shorthand for ":@0,0" There are cases where you may like to use e.g. ":@,3" J?rg -- EMail:joerg@schily.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de (home) J?rg Schilling D-13353 Berlin js@cs.tu-berlin.de (uni) schilling@fokus.fraunhofer.de (work) Blog: http://schily.blogspot.com/ URL: http://cdrecord.berlios.de/old/private/ ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/schily - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/