Submit Hint Search The Forums LinksStatsPollsHeadlinesRSS
14,000 hints and counting!


Click here to return to the 'Create an exact duplicate of a CD from the command line' hint
The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. This site is not responsible for what they say.
Create an exact duplicate of a CD from the command line
Authored by: gboudrea on Feb 11, '04 03:19:04PM

[quote]
Note the distinct lack of feedback on whether anything is happening at all, save for your CD spinning up, and this command taking a good 10 minutes to complete before you get your prompt back.
[/quote]
Simply open another Terminal and:
df -h /path/to/image_file.iso

You can then {UP}{ENTER} like crazy until image is done...
This makes a good progess meter! ;)

....gb



[ Reply to This | # ]
Create an exact duplicate of a CD from the command line
Authored by: sjk on Feb 11, '04 06:11:41PM
Or run a (t)csh command loop like:

while (1)
ls -l /path/to/image_file.iso
sleep 5
end

... to display the file's size as it grows.

[ Reply to This | # ]