copying files to DVD or CD

[Roedy]

I was wondering just how smart COPY is about copying files to a DVD or CD.
Normally it has to update the DESCRIPT.ION file on the target, over and over for each file copied.

Ideally TCC should compose copy a precomposed DESCRIPT.ION file to the DVD only once.

Normally you don't want to copy a file more than once or update it on a DVD or CD.

Maybe it should just treat DESCRIPT.ION as an ordinary file and copy it verbatim to the target only once.

 

[Charles Dye]

Maybe it should just treat DESCRIPT.ION as an ordinary file and copy it verbatim to the target only once.

You can do that yourself, with SETDOS /D0 and COPY /A....

 

[rconn]

> I was wondering just how smart COPY is about copying files to a DVD or
> CD.
> Normally it has to update the DESCRIPT.ION file on the target, over and
> over for each file copied.
>
> Ideally TCC should compose copy a precomposed DESCRIPT.ION file to the
> DVD only once.
>
> Normally you don't want to copy a file more than once or update it on a
> DVD or CD.
>
> Maybe it should just treat DESCRIPT.ION as an ordinary file and copy it
> verbatim to the target only once.

If you have a CD-RW, that would destroy an existing DESCRIPT.ION.

Rex Conn
JP Software

 

[Roedy]

If you have a CD-RW, that would destroy an existing DESCRIPT.ION.

I talking about copying to an empty CD/DVD.