On 8 Jun, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > Hi, > > I am using k3b to burn dvds/cds. > As most programs of this kind, k3b can /copy/ but not > /move/ data to a DVD. > Therefore, when trying to find tose files, which exactly > sum up to the size of a DVD (by the way: I know DVD- > sizes from a little below 4.3 GB to over 4.7GB...what is > the truth?) I end up with a selected file here and another > one there. After the DVD is finished it is --hrmm-- not > efficient to find those in the related directories to > remove them after a successful copy. > Now I am looking of something like a "virtual DVD" to > which I can /move/ and move back files. The "DVD" > should report "no space left on device" exactly at > the same point when a "real DVD" is filled. > > I thought of one extra partition of the same size a DVD > but since the filesystems will occupy different amount > of space... > > On the other hand: A iso-image-file on the harddisk would > be nice, but that filesystem isn't made for moving files > back and forth... > > Any ideas to solve this???
Different idea: have a look at app-cdr/gaffitter It approximates the so-called knapsack problem of optimal packing. You can then use this information to burn and afterwards delete the files. Helmut. -- Helmut Jarausch Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik RWTH - Aachen University D 52056 Aachen, Germany
