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Date:	Sat, 14 Aug 2004 13:37:19 PDT7
From:	"Don{ald} O. Woodall" <dlswoodall@sbcglobal.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: How To Set CDRecord Switches ???

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In , on 08/14/2004
at 11:42 AM, "Steven Levine" said:

>> Can I use the

>> cdrecord -atip

>>command to check these and find out what their true condition is?

>Not really. The atip command reads a specific part of the CD content,
>but that does not say much about if the writing process will be
>successful.

OK, had to ask.

>IMO, the way to avoid coasters is to understand the process well enough
>so that when it fails, one knows where to look first. RSJ makes the
>process easy, but hides so much detail that it's often hard to know where
>to look first.

>I've helped several folks get their RSJ setups working by using cdrecord
>to determine what's broken so it can be fixed.

Looks like you helping one more. Whether I go back to RSJ is
problem-matic as I feel more comfortable at the command line than the
DeskTop Dragging-N-Dropping.

>Steven

Thanks Steven

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