


In DVD+RW context it instructs the logical unit to explicitly burn lead-out. In write-once DVD+R or DVD-R context this results in unappendable recording (closed disk). Provide maximum media compatibility with DVD-ROM/-Video. Print version information and invoke mkisofs, also with -version option. See Examples section for further details. A special form of this option is recognized to support burning of pre-mastered images. Options -Z /dev/dvdīurn an initial session to the selected device. In addition growisofs supports first-/single-session recording of arbitrary pre-mastered image (formatted as UDF, ISO9660 or any other file system, if formatted at all) to all supported DVD media types. In the course of development general purpose DVD recording support was implemented, and as of now growisofs supports not only random-access media, but even mastering of multisession DVD media such as DVD+R and DVD-R/-RW, as well as Blu-ray Disc. Growisofs was originally designed as a frontend to mkisofs to facilitate appending of data to ISO9660 volumes residing on random-access media such as DVD+RW, DVD-RAM, plain files, hard disk partitions. Differences with Running Mkisofs DirectlyĬombined mkisofs frontend/DVD recording program.
