The DvdBurner package provides the capability to burn an arbitary ISO image or set of NSCL data acquisition systsem event data and associated data to DVD.
DvdBurner::CreateDvds ?range?
creates DVDs from a set of recorded data taking runs. The data and run meta-data are recorded to DVD. If necessary, several DVDs are created. Data are split so that all of the data associated with a run is on a single DVD (not split across more than one DVD. See, however "Dependencies and Restrictions" below.
DvdBurner::BurnDVD isofile
Burns the pre-built ISO image in the file isofile
to DVD.
growisofs must be isntalled and in the user's path.
The DVD must either be named /dev/cdrom or the environment variable DVDROM must be defined to be the name of the DVD burner to use.
The variable DvdBurner::DVD holds the path to the DVD burner device and can be modified at run time any time after the package has been requireed.
The DVD device must be writable by growisofs.
The variable DvdBurner::DVDSize holds the number of megabytes a DVD can hold It can be modified from its default value of 4000 if necessary.
The DvdBurner::CreateDvds command will fail
if there are runs that won't fit on single DVDS. Errors in the
NSCL file structure can also cause failures.
The variable DvdBurner::ISOFSroot holds the
directory in which the run data will be marshalled and the
ISO images built. The initial value is
/scratch/$tcl_platform(user)/isos
where tcl_platform(user) is your username.