From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1OMNqZ-0003Qn-Ir for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 09 Jun 2010 16:09:43 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id AB3C0E0A8F for ; Wed, 9 Jun 2010 16:09:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9DDFAE05AF for ; Wed, 9 Jun 2010 15:49:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 09 Jun 2010 15:49:14 -0000 Received: from p54850B81.dip0.t-ipconnect.de (EHLO gmx.net) [84.133.11.129] by mail.gmx.net (mp038) with SMTP; 09 Jun 2010 17:49:14 +0200 X-Authenticated: #20088476 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX19OurwhodNOztNLa4/lxi+CgE1GMZKrKhflgfh6ZO A9W+0BJ0uyP8/q Received: by gmx.net (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1001 Meino.Cramer@gmx.de; Wed, 9 Jun 2010 17:49:14 +0200 (CEST) Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2010 17:49:13 +0200 From: meino.cramer@gmx.de To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] OT: DVD-"Container" ? Message-ID: <20100609154913.GA5113@solfire> References: <20100608172657.GA5310@solfire> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: mutt-ng/devel-r804 (Linux) X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-Archives-Salt: c16caf9b-441d-4330-919c-f46c2bfcf40e X-Archives-Hash: 344a117ff9381e97c583dd748ff00d50 Helmut Jarausch [10-06-09 17:14]: > On 8 Jun, meino.cramer@gmx.de wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I am using k3b to burn dvds/cds. > > As most programs of this kind, k3b can /copy/ but not > > /move/ data to a DVD. > > Therefore, when trying to find tose files, which exactly > > sum up to the size of a DVD (by the way: I know DVD- > > sizes from a little below 4.3 GB to over 4.7GB...what is > > the truth?) I end up with a selected file here and another > > one there. After the DVD is finished it is --hrmm-- not > > efficient to find those in the related directories to > > remove them after a successful copy. > > Now I am looking of something like a "virtual DVD" to > > which I can /move/ and move back files. The "DVD" > > should report "no space left on device" exactly at > > the same point when a "real DVD" is filled. > > > > I thought of one extra partition of the same size a DVD > > but since the filesystems will occupy different amount > > of space... > > > > On the other hand: A iso-image-file on the harddisk would > > be nice, but that filesystem isn't made for moving files > > back and forth... > > > > Any ideas to solve this??? > > Different idea: have a look at > app-cdr/gaffitter > It approximates the so-called knapsack problem of optimal packing. > You can then use this information to burn and afterwards delete the > files. > Helmut. > > -- > Helmut Jarausch > > Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik > RWTH - Aachen University > D 52056 Aachen, Germany > Hi Helmut, sounds interesting, but seems the task to find the files afterwards for deletion remains. A "move" into a "container" would much more simpler and straight forward. Beside that: The knapsack problem is very interesting and I will check the application regardless whether it will help me burning dvds/cdroms or not ;) Best regards, mcc -- Please don't send me any Word- or Powerpoint-Attachments unless it's absolutely neccessary. - Send simply Text. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html In a world without fences and walls nobody needs gates and windows.