dvd+rw-booktype(1)

✨ dvd+rw-booktype ✨

okay bestie, so this is the manual for dvd+rw-booktype from the General Commands Manual — it's the little utility that stamps a logical format onto your DVD+-RW/-RAM disc. 💿💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

dvd+rw-booktype — format DVD+-RW/-RAM disk with a logical format

no cap, that's literally the whole job description. 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

dvd+rw-booktype [-dvd-rom-spec | -dvd+rw-spec | -dvd+r-spec | -inq]
[ -media | -unit| -unit+rw | -unit+r] /dev/dvd

so you pick one of the spec/inquiry vibes, optionally pick one of the media/unit vibes, and then you point it at your drive, like /dev/dvd. simple as. ✨

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

The dvd+rw-booktype command formats a dvd disk in the specified dvd drive (e.g. /dev/dvd) with a specified logical format. 🫶

💀 and here's the real tea: You can't expect this utility to work with all recorders. like, it's giving "works on my machine" energy, so don't come for it if your burner simply refuses. not every drive is gonna slay at this. 😭

🌈 OPTIONS 🌈

• -dvd-rom — This is useful for addressing DVD-ROM compatibility, or playability in legacy units. 👑 (iykyk — old players are picky and this is the glow-up that makes them cooperate.)

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Most up-to-date information on dvd+rw-tools is available at http://fy.chalmers.se/~appro/linux/DVD+RW/ 🌐

The manpage for genisoimage(8), growisofs(1), dvd+rw-mediainfo(1), dvd+rw-format(1). 🎀

⭐ AUTHOR ⭐

dvd+rw-booktype was written by Andy Polyakov <appro@fy.chalmers.se>. 🧚

This manual page was written by Osamu Aoki <osamu@debian.org> for the Debian project. 💜

September 2004, version 4.10 — yeah she's vintage bestie, an icon from back in the day, and she still ate. 💅✨🌈 mwah, go burn something gorgeous 🎀🦋💖