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iso-info

ISO-INFO(1)							   User Commands						       ISO-INFO(1)

NAME

       iso-info - manual page for iso-info version 0.83 i686-pc-linux-gnu

SYNOPSIS

       iso-info OPTION...

       Shows Information about an ISO 9660 image.

DESCRIPTION

       -d, --debug=INT
	      Set debugging to LEVEL

       -i, --input[=FILE]
	      Filename to read ISO-9960 image from

       -f     Generate output similar to 'find . -print'

       -l, --iso9660
	      Generate output similar to 'ls -lR'

       --no-header
	      Don't display header and copyright (for regression testing)

       --no-joliet
	      Don't use Joliet-extension information

       --no-rock-ridge
	      Don't use Rock-Ridge-extension information

       --no-xa
	      Don't use XA-extension information

       -q, --quiet
	      Don't produce warning output

       -V, --version
	      display version and copyright information and exit

   Help options:
       -?, --help
	      Show this help message

       --usage
	      Display brief usage message

AUTHOR

       Rocky Bernstein <rocky@gnu.org>

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2011 R. Bernstein
       This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICU-
       LAR PURPOSE.  Have driver: GNU/Linux ioctl and MMC driver Have driver: cdrdao (TOC) disk image driver Have driver: bin/cuesheet disk  image
       driver Have driver: Nero NRG disk image driver Default CD-ROM device: /dev/scd0

SEE ALSO

       cd-info(1) for information about an ISO-9660 image.  cd-read(1) to read portions of an ISO 9660 image.

iso-info version 0.83 i686-pc-linux-gnu 			   October 2011 						       ISO-INFO(1)