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Interface to CD-ROM devices 

ccddvv [[_d_i_r_e_c_t_o_r_y]]
The script cdv provides a easy-to-use interface to the set of commands that interrogate an ISO-9660 CD-ROM. It is designed to spare you the trouble of having to remember the names and syntax used by each of these commands. If you name a directory on its command line, cdv uses that directory within the CD-ROM's file system as its root file system; otherwise, it begins its work in the CD-ROM's default root directory. The advantage of this option is that CD-ROM file systems tend to hold many files, and reading the CD-ROM can be quite slow (depending upon the speed of your system and of your CD-ROM reader); making directory the root directory lessens the number of files cdv must paw through before it finds the material that interests you. Obviously, you must have some idea of the CD-ROM's contents before you can use this option.

After you invoke cdv, it displays the prompt: 

     Command:

Enter the command that you want cdv to execute, as follows:

ccdd _d_i_r_e_c_t_o_r_y
Change directory. directory is the directory to enter. This can be a relative path name or absolute path name. As with the COHERENT command cd, you can use `.' and `..' as synonyms for, respectively, the current directory and the parent directory.

GG _d_i_r_e_c_t_o_r_y
Read the contents of directory.

gg _f_i_l_e
Get file; copy it into the current directory.

NN
nn
Because the contents of a CD-ROM's directory may not fit onto the screen, cdv lets you display a directory's contents one page at a time. These commands display the next page of the current directory's contents.

PP
pp
Display the previous page of the current directory's contents.

QQ
qq
Quit.

vv _f_i_l_e
View file, which is on the CD-ROM. cdv displays file with the pager named in the environmental variable $PAGER. If this variable is not defined, it uses more.

!!
Invoke the shell. To return to cdv, type exit, to exit from the shell.

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Notes

cdv was written by Chris Hilton.