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Re: Extracting directories from an ISO image, command line tool?

Thomas Schmitt wrote:

Hi,

(Note to myself: This is the extract thread, not the
  thread about getting .iso files from /dev/sr0.)

Stuart Longland wrote:

for f in /media/distributionA/*.iso; do
       bn="$( basename "${f}" .iso )"
       dn="$( dirname "${f}" )"
       mount "${f}" /mnt/cdrom -o loop
       rsync -aP /mnt/cdrom "${dn}/${bn}"/
       umount /mnt/cdrom
done


[snip]

Richard Owlett wrote:

Is there a way to pause your loop to swap DVDs?


   while true
   do
     echo "Insert medium, wait until blinking ends, press Enter key (or Ctrl+C to end)"
     read dummy

     ... mount /dev/sr0, rsync or cp, umount /dev/sr0
         or xorriso ... -indev /dev/sr0 ...

   done



Now have half dozen scripting tutorials up.
I sometimes take the long way 'round [If retirement isn't for education, what use is it?]
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