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  • Get Volume ID (Label) of ISO9660 CD-ROM

    The comp.unix.shell posting by St?phane Chazelas also lists the following offsets: type 32768 (1 byte) id 32769 (5 bytes) version 32774 (1 byte) system_id 32776 (32 bytes) volume_id 32808 (32 bytes) volume_space_size 32848 (8 bytes) escape_sequences 32856 (32 bytes) volume_set_size 32888 (4 bytes) volume_sequence_number 32892 (4 bytes) logical_block_size 32896 (4 bytes) path_table_size 32900 (8 bytes) type_l_path_table 32908 (4 bytes) opt_type_l_path_table 32912 (4 bytes) type_m_path_table 32916 (4 bytes) opt_type_m_path_table 32920 (4 bytes) root_directory_record 32924 (34 bytes) volume_set_id 32958 (128 bytes) publisher_id 33086 (128 bytes) preparer_id 33214 (128 bytes) application_id 33342 (128 bytes) copyright_file_id 33470 (37 bytes) abstract_file_id 33507 (37 bytes) bibliographic_file_id 33544 (37 bytes) creation_date 33581 (17 bytes) modification_date 33598 (17 bytes) expiration_date 33615 (17 bytes) effective_date 33632 (17 bytes) file_structure_version 33649 (1 byte) application_data 33651 (512 bytes)


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    dd if=/dev/cdrom bs=1 skip=32808 count=32 conv=unblock cbs=32 2>/dev/null
    mlk · 2013-04-14 20:50:58 0

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