Josef Lowder wrote:
> I use cdrecord from the command line to burn a cd backup 
> of all of my home directory files, and when I do that, the 
> process displays a long list of files with the message: 
> 
> 	"Using CACHEnnnn.ZZZ for /home/joe/....... "
> 
> A long list of numbers appears instead of "nnnn.ZZZ" and 
> corresponding "cache" filenames appear instead of "......."  
> in the above example. 
> 
> Most of these filenames appear in "dot" (.) subdirectories and 
> many have dates a year or two old. 
> 
> Is there any reason why any of these files cannot be deleted 
> off my system? 
> 

I don't know, Joe, but I'd like to learn a bit more about the process.

What is the exact cdrecord command you use?

I have created backups using mkisofs, burned the iso image. Are you 
skipping the mkisofs step, or does cdrecord handle that for you?

-- 
-Eric 'shubes'
"There is no such thing as the People;
  it is a collectivist myth.
  There are only individual citizens
  with individual wills
  and individual purposes."
-William E. Simon (1927-2000),
     Secretary of the Treasury (1974-1977)
  "A Time For Truth" (1978), pg. 237

 
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