Here are some useful commands for burning DVDs/CDs from the OSX command line.
To burn a DVD (I just made one today), I don't think one could ask for clearer syntax:
drutil burn /var/tmp/foo.iso # Burns an ISO image to DVD
You can also open and close the CD tray from the OSX command line
with that same tool:
drutil eject # Eject the CD
drutil tray close # Close the CD tray
As nice as the Finder GUI is at burning CDs/DVDs, I prefer the command line
because it's just more predictable and easier to automate.
Also, my Finder often crashes/hangs with the spinning beachball 'o death
when trying to work with DVDs (Tiger 10.4.6, dual G5 with DVD R/W).
I don't get these problems from the command line.
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