---
name: "arson"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "arson"
version: "0.9.8beta2-4.3"
release: "Debian 4.0 (Etch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/arson"
---

# arson(1)

A KDE front-end for CD creation and copying

## NAME

arson — A KDE front-end for CD creation and copying

## SYNOPSIS

**arson** \[Qt options\]  \[KDE options\]  \[-w *file* \| -p \| -c\]

## DESCRIPTION

**arson** a KDE front-end to various CD burning, copying, and reading tools. It supports numerous encoding formats (Ogg Vorbis, mp3, wav, au, aiff, auc, and flac), along with CD-TEXT and both FreeDB and CdIndex.

Most functionality is accomplished through the normal GUI, but a limited number of functions can be performed via command line arguments.

The KDE- and Qt-specific options are documented elsewhere.

## OPTIONS

These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax,  with long options starting with two dashes (\`-').  A summary of  options is included below.  For a complete description, see the  **Info** files.

- **-h** **--help**

  Show summary of options.

- **-v** **--version**

  Show version of program.

- **-w** **--write**

  Burn specified iso or cue image file

- **-p** **--write-prompt**

  Prompt for and burn iso or cue image file

- **-c** **--copy**

  Perform a CD-to-CD copy

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Mike Markley \<mike@markley.org\> for  the **Debian** system (but may be used by others).  Permission is  granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under  the terms of the GNU Free Documentation  License, Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free  Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover  Texts and no Back-Cover Texts.