dd to clone a cdrom [SOLVED]

[banjoman]

I am trying to use dd in a terminal to clone a cdrom,

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dd if=/media/<name of CD> of=/home/steve/<filename>.iso

however nothing is taken or written and I get;

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dd: reading `/media/<name of CD>': Is a directory
0+0 records in
0+0 records out
0 bytes (0 B) copied, 0.000314844 s, 0.0 kB/s

the name of the CD I am using is the one that is displayed in the folder media

am I using the wrong name or the wrong location for the source?

[Habitual]

Use the /dev/device instead...

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dd if=/dev/cdrom of=/home/steve/filename.iso

[banjoman]

thanks so much, I had come across the command in this format, but thought I had to replace 'cdrom' with the title of the CD I had inserted, so of course it did not work

/dev/cdrom actually refers to a file inside the /dev/ directory... what sort of file is it? a set of instructions to operate the drive? or read the contents of the disc?

job done now and an extra command under my belt...