Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 23:22:51 -0600 From: Tim Judd <tajudd@gmail.com> To: Alexander Best <alexbestms@math.uni-muenster.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mkisofs and directories Message-ID: <ade45ae90904142222r540e449ctb33b3077b822c08a@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <permail-2009041422182680e26a0b00004c0e-a_best01@message-id.uni-muenster.de> References: <permail-2009041422182680e26a0b00004c0e-a_best01@message-id.uni-muenster.de>
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On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 4:18 PM, Alexander Best < alexbestms@math.uni-muenster.de> wrote: > hi there, > > this is a question that's always been bugging me: > > when i give mkisofs a directory as argument it always ads the contents of > that > directory to the iso. how can i tell mkisofs that i want the actual > directory > (including all it's contents) to be added to the iso? > > cheers. > alex unix naming convention normally dictates the following: cp -r /cdrom/dir /mnt/ # will create /mnt/dir and everything under it cp -r /cdrom/dir/ /mnt/ # will copy contents of dir into /mnt Try excluding the slash (which is the only difference).
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