Man page 1 : dvd+rw-booktype

dvd+rw-booktype - format DVD+-RW/-RAM disk with a logical format

dvd+rw-booktype [-dvd-rom-spec | -dvd+rw-spec | -dvd+r-spec | -inq] [ -media | -unit| -unit+rw | -unit+r] /dev/dvd

The

dvd+rw-booktype command formats dvd disk in the specified dvd drive (e.g. /dev/dvd) with a specified logical format.

You can't expect this utility to work with all recorders.

• -dvd-rom
      This is useful for addressing

DVD-ROM compatibility, or playability in legacy units.

Most up-to-date information on dvd+rw-tools is available at http://fy.chalmers.se/~appro/linux/DVD+RW/.

The manpage for genisoimage(8), growisofs(1), dvd+rw-mediainfo(1), dvd+rw-format(1).

dvd+rw-booktype was written by Andy Polyakov <>. This manual page was written by Osamu Aoki <> for the Debian project.