Re: [Cdrtools-developers] error in mkisofs built-in docs

[Joerg S. <Joe...@fo...>]

Jim Michaels <jmi...@ya...> wrote:

> There is an error in the newer mkisofs man page.
> -copyright FILE
>           Specifies the Copyright file name.  There is  space  on
>           the disc for 37 characters of information.  This param-
>           eter can also  be  set  in  the  file  .mkisofsrc  with
>           COPY=filename.   If  specified in both places, the com-
>           mand line version is used.
>
>
> according to the manual it is a filespec, not  text.  but the manual is in error.  I tried it out with mkisofs and if you specify a filename, what it does is it embeds that filepath right in the ISO, twice.  once in the copy of the parameters list that you used with the program, and once.  so actually instead of FILE it should be COPYRIGHTTEXT.

The ISO9660 standard days that the field in question specifies a filename:

8.4.23 Copyright File Identifier (BP 703 to 739)
	This field shall specify an identification for a file described by the 
	Root Directory and containing a copyright
	statement for those volumes of the Volume Set the sequence numbers of 
	which are less than, or equal to, the
	assigned Volume Set size of the volume. If all bytes of this field are 
	set to (20), it shall mean that no such file is identified.
	The File Name of a Copyright File Identifier shall not contain more than 
	eight d-characters. The File Name
	Extension of a Copyright File Identifier shall not contain more than 
	three d-characters.
	The characters in this field shall be d-characters, SEPARATOR 1 and 
	SEPARATOR 2.

If you do not put a copyright file with the announced name on the medium, this 
is something you have to answer for.


Jörg

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