Re: [PLUG] mkisofs options

[Art Alexion <art.alexion@verizon.net>]

Stephen Gran wrote:

> On Sat, Jul 31, 2004 at 08:24:39PM -0400, Jeff Abrahamson said:
>  
>
> > I think I get Windows long file names using "mkisofs -J", but I can't
> > test this locally.  It's less clear if "-r -J" is reasonable, although
> > mkisofs gives no error.
> >    
>
> -J is only really necessary if you plan on _only_ using the disc with
> Win95 or older nt(4?) machines.  You can safely omit it for anyting newer.
> It is actually detrimental for most reasonable OS's, as it strips some of
> the flexibility out of the iso9660 standard - it's more like an extension
> of a subset of the standard, rather than a standard + extension.  I
> think max filename length and character set are among the things that
> this affects.
>
> -r is really what I think you want - you want the Rock Ridge extension
> to the iso9660 standard, which gives you filenames up to 31(maybe?)
> characters, some flexibility WRT character set, and a standardized
> permissions set (the standardized part sucks for file systems that
> actually understand permissions, but it tries to be interoperable).
>
>  
Does the -J parameter stand for Jolliet?  If so, Jolliet CDs I have 
burnt on w32 have *all* been readable -- with long file names -- on my 
2.4.x kernel Linux machine.  I have chosen the Jolliet format because it 
seems to be *more* forgiving and flexible vis-a-vis long file names and 
directory entries.  I've been led to understand that Jolliet data 
co-exists with i so9660 data to make the disc readable on systems that 
are compatible with either.

Or -- in the words of Roseanne Rosanadana -- if I totally missed this, 
never mind. :-[

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