Re: How do you use 'cdrw' within an application?

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Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2003 13:27:55 -0000

"M Sudderth" <msudderth@sfa.com> wrote in message
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> I'm using a Plextor PX-W1210TSE CD-RW drive on a Solaris 8 system.
>
> I'm writing an application in C++ and need to be able to burn
> files/image to a CD from within the application.
>
> 'cdrw' may be able to be used, but it's a command-line command. I may
> be able to use the "system" operation:
> i.e.
> system("mkisofs -r <directory> 2>/tmp/cdrw_log | cdrw -i -p 4");
>
> But errors can not be returned to the calling application. This will
> only
> work in the "happy day" scenario.
>
> Does anyone know how to write/burn files from inside an application?
>
> Surely, there must be a cleaner way.

You could use fork(), exec() and waitpid()

> M Sudderh
> msudderth@sfa.com

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