"Last week's article left off with a basic CD writing command set that uses mkisofs and cdrecord to make CD backups. This week, let's first look at a few more command options for these programs before moving on to using tar for more complex needs and writing scripts to automate backups.
"Linux permissions can be a bit confusing when making backups. Recall the basic mkisofs command string to put our backup file into a CD-recordable format..."