Re: script to create dvd sized folders for backup

2011-09-15 Thread Richard Shaw
On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 7:43 PM, Antonio Olivares wrote: > Making more progress, but script just sits there, I insert blank dvd and then > I get : > > [olivares@GHSE213-033561 ~]$ discspan.py --dir ~/Music --iso-dir ~/tmp/ > Using /etc/discspan.ini as config file. > Insert disc and wait for drive

Re: script to create dvd sized folders for backup

2011-09-13 Thread Antonio Olivares
Richard, > -- Making more progress, but script just sits there, I insert blank dvd and then I get : [olivares@GHSE213-033561 ~]$ discspan.py --dir ~/Music --iso-dir ~/tmp/ Using /etc/discspan.ini as config file. Insert disc and wait for drive to become ready... Unable to detect media, exiting.

Re: script to create dvd sized folders for backup

2011-09-13 Thread Richard Shaw
On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 7:38 PM, Antonio Olivares wrote: [SNIP] > [olivares@GHSE213-033561 ~]$ discspan.py --dir ~/Music --iso-dir ~/tmp/ > Using /etc/discspan.ini as config file. > Insert disc and wait for drive to become ready... Ok, once again, maybe 3rd time's the charm. Try running without t

Re: script to create dvd sized folders for backup

2011-09-13 Thread Antonio Olivares
--- On Tue, 9/13/11, Richard Shaw wrote: > From: Richard Shaw > Subject: Re: script to create dvd sized folders for backup > To: "Community support for Fedora users" > Date: Tuesday, September 13, 2011, 4:58 PM > On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 6:42 PM, > Antonio Ol

Re: script to create dvd sized folders for backup

2011-09-13 Thread Antonio Olivares
--- On Tue, 9/13/11, Richard Shaw wrote: > From: Richard Shaw > Subject: Re: script to create dvd sized folders for backup > To: "Community support for Fedora users" > Date: Tuesday, September 13, 2011, 4:58 PM > On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 6:42 PM, > Antonio Ol

Re: script to create dvd sized folders for backup

2011-09-13 Thread Richard Shaw
On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 6:42 PM, Antonio Olivares wrote: > Sorry Richard,  I tried your suggestions, but it still bombs out: > > [olivares@GHSE213-033561 ~]$ discspan.py --dir ~/Music --iso-dir ~/tmp/ [SNIP] I mentioned it but I guess I wasn't explicit enough. If your running "discspan.py" then

Re: script to create dvd sized folders for backup

2011-09-13 Thread Antonio Olivares
--- On Fri, 9/9/11, Richard Shaw wrote: > From: Richard Shaw > Subject: Re: script to create dvd sized folders for backup > To: "Community support for Fedora users" > Date: Friday, September 9, 2011, 5:00 PM > On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 6:16 PM, > Antonio Olivar

Re: script to create dvd sized folders for backup

2011-09-09 Thread Richard Shaw
On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 6:16 PM, Antonio Olivares wrote: > Thank you Richard.  Had tried to run it, but got dbus error messages :(  I > was not sure to send this, but I believe that without proof it does no good.   > Here's what I get: > > [olivares@GHSE213-033561 ~]$ discspan.py --dir=~/Music/ --

Re: script to create dvd sized folders for backup

2011-09-09 Thread Antonio Olivares
--- On Mon, 9/5/11, Richard Shaw wrote: > From: Richard Shaw > Subject: Re: script to create dvd sized folders for backup > To: "Community support for Fedora users" > Date: Monday, September 5, 2011, 7:57 PM > 2011/9/5 Jorge Fábregas : > > On 09/05/2011 0

Re: script to create dvd sized folders for backup

2011-09-05 Thread Richard Shaw
2011/9/5 Jorge Fábregas : > On 09/05/2011 09:46 PM, Antonio Olivares wrote: >>   I want to say go to Downloads/ and make several folders (dvd1, dvd2, dvd3, >> ..., ) >> as many as are needed to backup the whole directory into 4.3 GB dvd > sized ones > > Hi Antonio, > > I've used this script in the

Re: script to create dvd sized folders for backup

2011-09-05 Thread Jorge Fábregas
On 09/05/2011 09:46 PM, Antonio Olivares wrote: > I want to say go to Downloads/ and make several folders (dvd1, dvd2, dvd3, > ..., ) > as many as are needed to backup the whole directory into 4.3 GB dvd sized ones Hi Antonio, I've used this script in the past called "split-tar" which I found

Re: script to create dvd sized folders for backup

2011-09-05 Thread Richard Shaw
On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 8:46 PM, Antonio Olivares wrote: > Dear folks, > > Is there a way via script to create backup folders for a certain directory.   > I have a home folder with Documents/, Downloads/, Pictures/, Videos/, etc as > created by default on Fedora.  I want to say go to Downloads/ an

script to create dvd sized folders for backup

2011-09-05 Thread Antonio Olivares
Dear folks, Is there a way via script to create backup folders for a certain directory. I have a home folder with Documents/, Downloads/, Pictures/, Videos/, etc as created by default on Fedora. I want to say go to Downloads/ and make several folders (dvd1, dvd2, dvd3, ..., ) as many as are n