cdw is a front-end for some command-line tools used for burning data CD and
DVD discs and for related tasks. The tools are: cdrecord/wodim, 
mkisofs/genisoimage, growisofs, dvd+rw-mediainfo, dvd+rw-format. You can 
also use cdw to rip tracks from your audio CD to raw audio files. Limited 
support for copying content of CD discs to image files is also provided.

cdw uses ncurses library to build user-friendly interface and it can be used 
in UNIX terminal window and in terminal emulator (like konsole, rxvt or 
gnome-console) in X environment.

cdw is developed and tested on my Debian 'lenny' GNU/Linux x64 machine.


Requirements
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cdw requirements are following:
 - UNIX terminal, at least 80x24 chars
 - gnu libc library
 - wncurses library (ncurses library with support for wide characters)
 - cdio library - multiplaftorm library for accesing your CD hardware
 - recent versions of mkisofs/genisoimage, cdrecord/wodim, dvd+rw tools
 - properly configured cd/dvd writer
 - linux kernel 2.6


Install
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Copy cdw-0.3.91.tar.gz to your source directory, such as /usr/local/src and
'untar' the archive. Complie and install! Type:
 
tar -xzf cdw-0.3.91.tar.gz
cd ./cdw-0.3.91
./configure
make
make install

The configure script will detect all packages that are needed or suggested
for cdw. 

The program automatically creates ~/.cdw.conf in your home directory. This
distribution package contains a default.conf file, which is a sample 
configuration.

cdw also creates log file, default location is in /tmp directory, but you 
can change this in cdw options

GTK GUI
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Older versions of cdw had GTK interface, that could be enabled on compile 
time. cdw no longer provides this option. ncurses interface is the only
user interface available.


Program parameters
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cdw accept the following parameters:
-v | --version : display the version number of cdw
-h | --help    : display help


Usage
-----
Please refer to cdw man page for usage instructions. You can find man page in
man directory. If cdw is already installed on your system, just type 
   man cdw
in your command line.




Contact
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Mail bug reports to <acerion@poczta.wp.pl>
Latest release: http://cdw.sourceforge.net

May 08, 2008

