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- From: weath@sundww.Eng.Sun.COM (David Weatherford)
- Newsgroups: alt.sources
- Subject: Re: looking for: dos file commands for Sun internal floppy
- Message-ID: <8410@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM>
- Date: 22 Feb 91 00:28:29 GMT
-
- In article <1420@west.West.Sun.COM> saunders@gesundheit.West.Sun.COM (Gene Saunders) writes:
- >This really isn't the proper newsgroup for this, but ...
- >
- >In article <1991Feb16.064344.18023@johnny5.uucp> garvey@johnny5.uucp (Joe Garvey) writes:
- >>
- >>I just found out that the SPARCstation internal has a DOS compatible
- >>driver... but none of the DOS file manipulation commands. :-(
- >>
- >>Any one got: mkdir, copy, rename, erase, rmdir
- >
- > You already have them; use the C shell and enter this in your .cshrc:
- >
- > alias md mkdir
- etc...
- >
- > okay, okay .. you get the idea.
- >>
- >>for the SparcStation floppy.
- >>
- >>I know I could buy a commercial DOS emulator, and thereby get these commands,
- >>but, I'm cheap, and don't want to run DOS, just read & write the floppies.
- >
- > SunOS 4.1.1 includes a new filesystem type: pcfs.
- > Toss your DOS floppy into the drive and then "cd /pcfs" (assuming
- > /pcfs has been mounted as shown in the /etc/fstab file).
-
- I don't use the /pcfs filesystem on my SPARCstation, because it just isn't
- cost effective. You have to insert the disk, then "mount /pcfs" (as root),
- then cd, ls, cat, whatever, then cd elsewhere, then "umount /pcfs", before
- ejecting the disk! Worse, ls doesn't even work right! I get things like:
-
- sundww<19> ls
- amtax90.zip boot11.arc mppdemo3.exe qwikansi.arc zansi-12.arc
- ansi-esc.doc coned221.zip nansi30.zip unzip401.zip zipper13.zip
- ansi.arc elvis optboot.zip useansi.arc
- sundww<20> ls -l
- boot11.arc not found
- coned221.zip not found
- ansi-esc.doc not found
- ansi.arc not found
- nansi30.zip not found
- qwikansi.arc not found
- useansi.arc not found
- zansi-12.arc not found
- mppdemo3.exe not found
- elvis not found
- unzip401.zip not found
- zipper13.zip not found
- optboot.zip not found
- amtax90.zip not found
- total 0
-
- How much easier to just use "mtools": mdir, mcopy, etc.! Viz.:
-
- sundww<41> mdir
-
- Trying /dev/rfd0c ... ok
- Volume in drive has no label
- Directory for /
-
- BOOT11 ARC 47949 1-08-91 8:38a
- CONED221 ZIP 45970 1-08-91 8:38a
- ANSI-ESC DOC 4351 1-08-91 8:38a
- ANSI ARC 25059 1-08-91 8:38a
- NANSI30 ZIP 14379 1-08-91 8:38a
- QWIKANSI ARC 10310 1-08-91 8:38a
- USEANSI ARC 7686 1-08-91 8:38a
- ZANSI-12 ARC 28933 1-08-91 8:38a
- MPPDEMO3 EXE 343994 1-22-91 11:12a
- ELVIS <DIR> 1-09-91 9:50a
- UNZIP401 ZIP 70441 1-09-91 10:16a
- ZIPPER13 ZIP 13153 1-09-91 10:16a
- OPTBOOT ZIP 9848 1-09-91 10:22a
- AMTAX90 ZIP 133221 1-18-91 4:36p
- 14 File(s) 159232 bytes free
-
- Anyway, if you want the sources to these indispensible tools,
- check out comp.sources.unix Volume 11 (around Oct 87) or
- comp.sources.misc Volume 11, issues 81-83 (around Apr 90).
-
- >--
- >Gene Saunders \ gene.saunders@West.Sun.COM \ gsaunders@sun.com
- >Sun Microsystems \ saunders@sunkist (local) \ ..!uunet!sun!gsaunders
- >---
- >Views stated herein are my own .. my company wants nothing to do with me.
-
- Dave Weatherford
- Sun Microsystems
- weath@Eng.Sun.COM
-