Can linux update rewritable CDs?

[Bob Edwards]

Martijn van Oosterhout wrote:
> 
> Someone asked me whether I could use a linux machine to add a file to a
> rewritable CD, like you do with those programs in windows.
> 
> cdrecord seems totally geared towards writing complete tracks, partial
> updates don't seem to be supported.
> 
> Any ideas? Is it just a matter of adding another session with just the files
> you want (with the right directory tree) and expect the readers to sort it
> all out?

We use xcdroast, which does allow multi-session CDs to be "toasted".
Depending upon how the CD was previously set up, it is possible to add
new tracks to multi-session CDs.

Cheers,

Bob Edwards.