System Administration Guide: Basic Administration

Examples—Creating an Audio CD

The following example shows how to create an audio CD.


$ cdrw -a bark.wav chirp.au meow.wav
Initializing device...done.
Writing track 1...done.
done. 
Writing track 2...done.
Writing track 3...done.
done. 
Finalizing (Can take several minutes)...done.

The following example shows how to create a multisession audio CD. The CD is ejected after the first session is written. Re-insert the CD before the next writing session.


$ cdrw -aO groucho.wav chico.au harpo.wav
Initializing device...done.
Writing track 1...done.
done. 
Writing track 2...done.
Writing track 3...done.
done. 
Finalizing (Can take several minutes)...done.
<Re-insert CD>
$ cdrw -a zeppo.au
Initializing device...done.
Writing track 1...done.
done. 
Finalizing (Can take several minutes)...done.