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- NAME
- mread - low level read (copy) an MSDOS file to Unix
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- SYNOPSIS
- mread [ -tnm ] msdosfile unixfile
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- mread [ -tnm ] msdosfile [ msdosfiles... ] unixdirectory
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- DESCRIPTION
- In the first form, mread copies the specified MSDOS file
- to the named Unix file. The second form of the command
- copies multiple MSDOS files to the named Unix directory.
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- Mread will allow the following command line options:
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- t Text file transfer. Mread will translate incoming
- carriage return/line feeds to line feeds.
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- n No warning. Mread will not warn the user when
- overwriting an existing file.
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- m Preserve the file modification times.
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- If the target file already exists, and the -n option is
- not in effect, mread asks whether or not to overwrite the
- file.
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- MSDOS subdirectory names are supported with either the '/'
- or '\' separator. The use of the '\' separator or wild-
- cards will require the names to be enclosed in quotes to
- protect them from the shell.
-
- The mcd command may be used to establish the device and
- the current working directory (relative to MSDOS), other-
- wise the default is A:/.
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- Mread returns 0 on success, 1 on utter failure, or 2 on
- partial failure.
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- SEE ALSO
- mcd(1), mcopy(1), mtype(1), mwrite(1)
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- BUGS
- Unlike MSDOS, the destination directory may not be omit-
- ted.
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