In article ,
"Don{ald} O. Woodall" wrote:

>      Here is my adaptation of your little blanking routine.
> 
> REM       The name of this file is:  Blank-It.Cmd
> REM        Given to me by Paul Marwick 8/21/2005
> REM          on the OS/2 HARDWARE e-Mail List
> REM ---------------------------------------------
> {at}echo off
> cdrecord -vv blank=fast -eject > H:\APPS\CDRECORD\DOW-LOGS\blank-it.log
> 2>&1 if errorlevel 1 goto error
> goto end
> :error
> echo.
> echo.
> echo An error ocurred while blanking the CD-RW media
> echo.
> echo.
> :end

I guess that wrapped in a strange place? 

>      AND, it WORKED.  I have now blanked a disc and written to it that I
> was unable to blank before.  The reason I didn't
> throw it out is that it had a label on it and I an currently
> working without a printer.

Weird. As I said in my other message, I can't see that your original
was all that different to what I was doing. So why one should work when
the other doesn't is a puzzle...

>      Thank you very much!

You're very welcome. I hope it keeps doing so...

As to labels, the one thing that annoys me about CDRW media is that I
have never found a decent way of marking what is (currently) on them. I
usually end up sticking a bit of paper in with the individual disk,
which is anything but ideal.

regards, paul.

-- 
paulm{at}waitrose.com
Marwick Computer Services - Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, UK
OS/2, LAN and general Computer Consultants



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