Dan Cross wrote: > In other words, you worked around perceived problems in what most on this No, I designed an interface that works on top of all known operating systems. The term "perceived" does not apply. > It's perhaps noteworthy that writing to a CD or DVD on Plan 9 is done with > cat (and networking is implemented in terms of opening, reading and writing > named files). So it's certainly *possible* to use a filesystem method to > write physical media, even if impractical on the array of real-world > systems you want to support. So you believe you can create a dual layer video DVD with a layer break that matches the meta data in the IFO file with that driver concept? So you believe you can write an audio CD with CD-Text that matches the indices on an existing CD with that driver concept? So you believe you can read an audio CD in a way that allows you make a definite statement on whether all bits have been read correctly or whether there have been interpolated parts inside? People who only have a hammer tend to believe that all problems are nails. This is what you get on Plan 9... Jörg -- EMail:joerg at schily.net (home) Jörg Schilling D-13353 Berlin joerg.schilling at fokus.fraunhofer.de (work) Blog: http://schily.blogspot.com/ URL: http://cdrecord.org/private/ http://sourceforge.net/projects/schilytools/files/