
              COPY2CD.EXE - Direct to CD File Copier


>>> PROGRAM DESCRIPTION <<<

    COPY2CD.EXE will copy the files from one or more directories on your
harddrive directly to a CD recorder (without building an ISO9660 image file
first). The disc is written using track-at-once recording.

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>>> COMMAND LINE USAGE <<<

Usage: COPY2CD <pathname> [/ID=ha:id:lun] [/BATCH] [/NOCONFIRM]
         [/NOFINALIZE] [/RECURSE] [/SESSION] [/SPEED=n] [/TEST]
         [/VOLUME=label] [/HIDDEN] [/SYSTEM]
pathname    - Directory pathname (must end with '\')
/ID         - SCSI ID of CD recorder (default is first found)
/BATCH      - Disable all logging messages
/NOCONFIRM  - Disable all confirmation prompts
/NOFINALIZE - Disable session/disc finalization
/RECURSE    - Recurse all subdirectories
/SESSION    - Open new session after finalizing current session
/SPEED=n    - Recording speed (default is maximum)
/TEST       - Enable test recording mode
/VOLUME     - Volume label (maximum 32 characters)
/HIDDEN     - Process "hidden" files
/SYSTEM     - Process "system" files
e.g. COPY2CD C:\DIR1\\DIR2\ /ID=0:5:0
e.g. COPY2CD C:\ /RECURSE /VOLUME=MY_FILES

PATHNAME - The pathname must specify a directory, so it must end with
"\" (e.g. "C:\DIR1\DIR2\"). NOTE: This will be the top level directory
on the CDROM.

/ID=ha:id:lun - Specifies the SCSI ID of the CD recorder.
  "ha"  = Host adpater number (usually zero)
  "id"  = SCSI ID number
  "lun" = Logical unit number (usually zero)

/BATCH - Disables all logging messages on the screen. This is useful
when running the program from a batch (.BAT) file.

/NOCONFIRM - Disables all confirmation prompts on the screen.

/NOFINALIZE - Disables disc finalization (writing of leadin/leadout
tracks). This allows more tracks to be addded to the current session.
The disc will not be readable on a regular CDROM reader until it is
finalized.

/RECURSE - Causes MAKEISO to recurse all subdirectories. Otherwise,
only files in the specified directory are processed.

/SESSION - This will cause a new session to be opened on the disc
after the current session is finalized. This allows for the creation
of multisession discs.

/SPEED - Recording speed (the default is the maximum allowed by the
selected CD recorder).

/TEST - Enables test recording mode (the disc is not written to).

/VOLUME - The first 11 characters of the volume label will be returned
as the disc's volume label from all DOS/Windows utilities.

/HIDDEN - Processes all directories and files with the "hidden"
attribute. These are ignored by default.

/SYSTEM - Processes all directories and files with the "system"
attribute. These are ignored by default.

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>>> CURRENT RESTRICTIONS <<<

COPY2CD has the following restrictions...

  - COPY2CD can only process complete directories. You cannot select
    specific files to be processed with wildcards.

  - You can only use COPY2CD *once* per blank disc. You cannot add
    more files to the disc by running COPY2CD a second time.

  - Due to DOS memory limitations, the maximum number of files per
    directory is limited to 1500, and the total number of files in
    all directories is limited to approximately 7500. This restriction
    does not apply to the 32-bit version running under Windows NT.

  - No long filenames are supported. Under Windows 95 and NT, the short
    version (alias) of the filename is used.

  - No checks are made for illegal ISO9660 characters in the filenames.
    This is not a problem if you are only reading the discs on a DOS
    based system.

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>>> PERFORMANCE TIPS <<<

   Copying very large numbers of small files directly to a CD recorder
can easily result in a buffer underrun due to the overhead of processing
each file "on the fly".

  - Use the /TEST option to make sure that your system is fast enough
    to record large number of files.

  - Use /SPEED=1 if your system is not fast enough to record at 2X or 4X.

  - Defragment your harddrive to reduce file processing time.

  - Use a fast harddrive that does not perform "thermal recalibration".

WARNING: Any buffer underrun that occurs during recording will result
in an unusable disc. Do not attempt to copy files that are currently
open/locked by DOS, Windows, or another program... this will result in
an error when COPY2CD attempts to open and copy the file.

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Please send all suggestions, comments, and bug reports to...

Golden Hawk Technology
125 Indian Rock Road
Merrimack, NH 03054

Phone: 603-424-0269
FAX  : 603-429-0073

URL  : http://www.mainstream.net/goldenhawk
EMAIL: jarnold@mainstream.net

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Updated on DECEMBER 5, 1996

