Re: cdda2wav -e creates audio.wav

[James Finnall <james@finnall.net>]

On Tuesday 16 March 2004 15:06, Thomas Klausner wrote:
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> >Description:
>
> When playing an audio cd via cdda2wav using the command:
>
> su root -c "cdda2wav -t2 --dev /dev/rcd0d -e "

You can use the -N option to suppress the default file output.
The manpage in my Linux system describes both the -e (--echo) and
the -N (--no-write) options from cdrecord-2.00.3.


>
> It does not only play the 2nd tune from the Cd inserted in the cd
> drive, it also saves a "audio.wav" file in the current directory,
> this is not what I expected. I don't know if it is a bug or if it
> is a wanted feature of cdd2wav. Anyhow my disk was filled!
>
> >How-To-Repeat:
>
> repeat command:
>
> su root -c "cdda2wav -t2 --dev /dev/rcd0d -e "
>
>  and notice how the "audio.wav" files in the current directory
> grows
>
> >Fix:
>
> making a "ln -sf /dev/null audio.wav" makes the data stream go
> down the drain. Myabe there is/are some better solotion??
>
> >Release-Note:
> >Audit-Trail:
> >Unformatted:
>
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