Re: Determine whether a cd-rw does an i/o operation

From: J French (erewhon_at_nowhere.com)
Date: 07/28/04 

Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 12:37:22 +0000 (UTC)

On Wed, 28 Jul 2004 14:19:45 +0300, "Amarios" <amarioNO-SPAM@in.gr>
wrote:

>Thanks ! Will try the first two options.
>
>Care to explain the third one (hack ...) ? I am not sure i can completly
>follow, although it sounds clever ...

It is the oldest trick in the World

Buackup.Zip MUST be finished if Backup.Done exists

If you are using a R/W drive then the other trick is to send stuff to
BACKUP.TMP and then rename it to BACKUP.ZIP