---
name: "multicd"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "multicd"
version: "1.7.3-1"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/multicd"
---

# multicd(1)

program to backup your data to CD-R/CD-RW

## NAME

multicd - program to backup your data to CD-R/CD-RW

## SYNOPSIS

**multicd** \[*options*\]

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **multicd** command. This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.

**multicd** is a program that provides an easy way to backup a large number  of files to multiple CDs. Give multicd the files/directories you want backed up and it will create as many CDs as it needs to, prompting the user to put in a new disc whenever needed. It can be configured to run in a multi-threading mode, where it will burn one image to a disc while it is copying files to another image. This feature can be disabled for slower machines.

As minimum requirement to run multicd you have to modify /etc/multicdrc or copy it to ~/.multicdrc, and customise the settings to your needs.

## OPTIONS

For more assistance see the comments in /etc/multicdrc.

## SEE ALSO

[**cdrecord**(1)](/cdrecord/1.md).\

## AUTHOR

This manual page was originally written by Dr. Guenter Bechly \<gbechly@debian.org\>, and later modified by Rob Bradford \<rob@debianplanet.org\> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).