From 071c28309131e02be7edf2b3c781d2ce6ffb031d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matteo Cypriani Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2014 21:20:35 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] [file_utils] README: add note about CD-R capacity --- file_utils/README | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/file_utils/README b/file_utils/README index 897d1e4..6ab0399 100644 --- a/file_utils/README +++ b/file_utils/README @@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ separated on several archives, they will be on the same volume. Note: I kept the datapacker's terminology in which a volume is also called a bin. +The default bin size is 703 MiB, i.e. the capacity of a 80-minute +CD-ROM; note that this can lead to slightly exceed the capacity when +actually burning the disc, so if you don't want to overburn a few +hundreds KiB, choose a lower bin size (702 MiB should be fine). + By default, dirpacker displays a list of bins and the files they would contain, along with the size of each file and some statistics. With the option --machine-readable, this list will be printed in a