Subject: Re: mkisofs puts all files in root?
To: Robert Elz <kre@munnari.OZ.AU>
From: Jukka Marin <jmarin@pyy.jmp.fi>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 04/29/2002 11:30:55
On Mon, Apr 29, 2002 at 06:11:52PM +1000, Robert Elz wrote:
> no, you asked for all the files to be in the root. Just put jpg on
> the cd (and then use an exclude pattern to drop stuff you don't want if
> needed). Files you name are files for the root directory, their pathnames
> are dropped (otherwise you wouldn't be able to do mkisofs ... /full/path/of/dir)
> and have it behave sensibly.
Ah, now I'm beginning to see. ;) Thanks.
>
> I usually just make a directory tree with everything I want linked into
> it from the original directory - that way I can see exactly what is there,
> du to make sure it is not too huge, etc... and then name that directory
> as the one thing to put on the CD.
This would be nice, but I have over 1000 files in about 100 subdirs.. (well,
I mighe be able to create the links automagically, but still..)
I think I mv some dirs around to be able to put the complete jpg dir on CD.
Thanks for the quick response!
-jm