drutil(1) BSD General Commands Manual drutil(1)

NAME

 drutil -- interact with CD/DVD burners

SYNOPSIS

 drutil verb [options]

DESCRIPTION

 drutil uses the DiscRecording framework to interact with attached burning
 devices. Common verbs include burn, erase, eject, help, info, list,
 status, and tray.
 The rest of the verbs are: bulkerase, cdtext, discinfo, dumpiso, dumpudf,
 filename, getconfig, poll, size, subchannel, trackinfo, and version.

VERBS

 Each verb is listed with its description and individual arguments. Drive
 selection arguments must appear before individual arguments. Drive
 selection and argument descriptions can be found after the verb descrip-
 tions in the Drive Selection Criteria section.
 -drive drive(s)
 Lets you specify a drive or drives, per the output of list,
 for those verbs that can operate on one or more drives. See
 the Drive Selection Criterion section for more info.
 help verb
 Display the usage information for the specified verb.
 atip
 Displays the Absolute Time in Pre-Groove (ATIP) for inserted
 CD-R/RW media.
 bulkerase type
 Starts bulk erase mode, in which the drive will continually
 erase inserted -RW media, eject it, and prompt for another
 disc until terminated.
 Types of erase:
 quick Performs a quick erase, doing the minimal amount of
 work to make the disc appear blank. This operation
 typically takes only a minute or two.
 full Performs a complete erase, erasing every block on the
 disk. This operation is slow (on the order of 30 min-
 utes) to complete.
 burn options path
 Burns a valid directory or image file to disc. The default is
 to burn the specified directory to a new filesystem. The
 -audio option creates an audio CD (redbook) in which any valid
 QuickTime audio file present in the path is converted to a
 track (in alphabetical order). If a file is specified (valid
 image files only: .dmg, .iso, .cue/bin, and .toc) the contents
 of the image file are burned. Pre-burn and post-burn options,
 and filesystem exclusions can be specificed for enhanced func-
 tionality. Last option takes precedence. Invalid commands are
 ignored.
 path A valid path to a directory or file.
 options Specify an arbitrary valid burn option(s): -test,
 -appendable, -erase, -mount, -noverify, -nohfsplus,
 -noiso9660, -nojoliet, -noudf, -nofs, -audio, -speed,
 -pregap. Or specify a default burn option: -notest,
 -noappendable, -noerase, -allfs, -hfsplus, -iso9660,
 -joliet, -udf, -data, -eject, -verify.
 cdtext
 Reads and displays any CD-Text information reported by the
 drive. The drive must contain an audio CD, and be capable of
 reading CD-Text.
 discinfo [-xml]
 Displays detailed information about present media.
 From the MMC command of the same name.
 dumpiso device block [format]
 Tool to inspect and interpret ISO-9660 and Joliet structures
 on the media.
 device Disk node, e.g. /dev/disk1, /dev/disk1s1,
 /dev/rdisk1.
 block Block number to dump (in decimal or 0x hex notation).
 Blocks are assumed to be 2048-byte blocks.
 format How to interpret the block. If format is not speci-
 fied, dumpiso will attempt to guess. If present,
 this argument should be one of the following: None,
 Boot, BootCat, PVD, SVD, VPD, VDST, MPath, LPath,
 Dir, HFSPlusVH.
 dumpudf device block
 Tool to inspect and interpret UDF structures on the media.
 device Disk node, e.g. /dev/disk1, /dev/disk1s1,
 /dev/rdisk1.
 block Block number to dump (in decimal or 0x hex notation).
 Blocks are assumed to be 2048-byte blocks.
 eject
 Synonym for drutil tray eject.
 erase type
 Erases -RW media in the drive(s) and ejects it.
 Types of erase:
 quick Performs a quick erase, doing the minimal amount of
 work to make the disc appear blank. This operation
 typically takes only a minute or two.
 full Performs a complete erase, erasing every block on the
 disk. This operation is slow (on the order of 30 min-
 utes) to complete.
 filename name
 Shows how the specified filename will be modified to comply
 with the naming rules of the filesystems that DiscRecording
 generates.
 getconfig type
 Displays device feature and profile list.
 Types of config information:
 current Displays current features and profiles for a drive.
 supported Displays all supported features and profiles for a
 drive.
 info [-xml]
 Displays various pieces of information for each drive, includ-
 ing how it's connected to the computer and a summary of capa-
 bilities.
 list [-xml]
 Lists all burning devices connected to the machine.
 poll
 Displays device and media notifications until terminated.
 size options path
 Estimates the size of a valid directory or image file (in
 blocks). The default is to estimate the size of the specified
 path as a hybrid filesystem. The -audio option calculates the
 contents of the directory as an audio CD (redbook) (for appli-
 cable files). If a file is specified (valid image files only:
 .dmg, .iso, .cue/bin, and .toc) the contents of the image file
 will be calculated. Filesystem exclusions can be specificed
 for enhanced functionality. Calculated size will be compared
 against blank media that is found unless the -nodrive argument
 is specified. Last option takes precedence. Invalid commands
 are ignored.
 path A valid path to a directory or file.
 options Specify an arbitrary valid burn option(s): -nodrive,
 -nohfsplus, -noiso9660, -nojoliet, -noudf, -nofs,
 -audio, -pregap. Or specify a default burn option:
 -allfs, -hfsplus, -iso9660, -joliet, -udf, -data.
 status [-xml]
 Displays detailed media-specific information.
 subchannel
 Displays information from the subchannels on CD media. This
 prints the MCN (media catalog number) for the disc, and the
 ISRC (international standard recording code) for all tracks.
 This command only works when CD media is present.
 From the MMC command of the same name.
 toc
 Displays table of contents (TOC) of inserted media.
 trackinfo [-xml]
 Displays detailed information about all tracks present on the
 media.
 From the MMC command of the same name.
 tray command
 Performs a tray/media related command. Note that some drives
 do not have trays, and some have trays but may lack motorized
 eject or inject capability.
 Tray commands:
 open Opens a drive's tray, if no media is present and the
 drive has a tray capable of motorized eject.
 close Closes a drive's tray, if the drive has a tray capa-
 ble of motorized inject.
 eject Ejects media from the drive, if the drive has a tray
 capable of motorized eject. If no media is present,
 this is equivalent to open. If media is present and
 can be unmounted, it will be unmounted and then
 ejected. If media is present but cannot be
 unmounted, the eject will fail.
 version
 Displays operating system and DiscRecording framework version
 numbers.

OPTIONS

 -xml
 When specified (valid options only: discinfo, info, list,
 status, and trackinfo) the output for the specified verb will
 be shown in xml format.

DRIVE SELECTION CRITERIA

 Some functions of drutil operate on a specific drive. Since any number of
 drives may be available, and they may come and go at any time, the device
 selection arguments provide a method for selecting among them.
 The candidate list starts out as a list of all attached drives. One or
 more arguments of the form -drive drive(s) may be specified. Each argu-
 ment has the effect of narrowing the candidate list, depending on what
 drive(s) is. It may be:
 o A positive decimal number, assumed to be a 1-based index
 into the candidate list. The candidate list is trimmed to
 just that device.
 o One of the following keywords: internal, external, usb,
 firewire, atapi, scsi. The candidate list is trimmed to
 devices which match the specified location / bus. Case is
 ignored in this comparison.
 o Any other string, assumed to be a vendor/product name. The
 candidate list is trimmed to devices whose vendor or product
 strings exactly match the argument. Case (but not white-
 space) is ignored in this comparison.
 Multiple -drive arguments may be specified; each argument narrows the
 candidate list further. After all the -drive arguments have been pro-
 cessed, the candidate list is considered. If it contains exactly one
 item, that drive is used. If it contains zero items, drutil prints an
 error message and exits. If it contains more than one item, the selected
 function is executed on all drives remaining in the list.

EXAMPLES

 Simple verbs with no drive commands
 drutil help status
 Displays help for the verb "status".
 drutil list
 Displays a list of attached devices.
 drutil info
 Displays miscellaneous information for all attached devices.
 drutil status
 Displays media-specific information for all attached devices.
 drutil -drive internal burn -noverify -eject -speed 24 ~/Documents
 Burns the Documents directory to the internal drive without
 verifying, then ejects the disc.
 drutil -drive internal info -xml > driveInfo.xml
 Creates a XML file containing info about internal drives.
 Examples of drive selection
 drutil -drive 1 tray close
 Closes the tray of the first burning device seen, if possible.
 drutil -drive external info
 Lists drive specific information for all externally
 connected burning devices.
 drutil -drive firewire status
 Lists media specific information for media present in
 attached firewire burning devices.
 drutil -drive VENDOR tray open
 Opens the tray of all burning devices whose vendor id is
 VENDOR, if possible.
 drutil -drive 'CD-RW CDW827ES' getconfig supported
 Lists supported features and profiles for attached devices
 whose product id is 'CD-RW CDW827ES'.

HISTORY

 drutil first appeared in MacOS X 10.3.

SEE ALSO

 diskutil(1), hdiutil(1) , /usr/sbin/disktool (run with no args for usage).
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