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-
- NAME
- Mtools - a collection of tools for manipulating MSDOS
- files
-
- SYNOPSIS
- mattrib - change MSDOS file attribute flags
- mcd - change MSDOS directory
- mcopy - copy MSDOS files to/from Unix
- mdel - delete an MSDOS file
- mdir - display an MSDOS directory
- mformat - add an MSDOS filesystem to a low-level formatted diskette
- mlabel - make an MSDOS volume label
- mmd - make an MSDOS subdirectory
- mrd - remove an MSDOS subdirectory
- mread - low level read (copy) an MSDOS file to Unix
- mren - rename an existing MSDOS file
- mtype - display contents of an MSDOS file
- mwrite - low level write (copy) a Unix file to MSDOS
-
- DESCRIPTION
- Mtools is a public domain collection of programs to allow
- Unix systems to read, write, and manipulate files on an
- MSDOS filesystem (typically a diskette). Each program
- attempts to emulate the MSDOS equivalent command as
- closely as practical.
-
- MSDOS filenames are optionally composed of a drive letter
- followed by a colon, a subdirectory, and a filename. Sub-
- directory names can use either the '/' or '\' separator.
- The use of the '\' separator or wildcards will require the
- names to be enclosed in quotes to protect them from the
- shell.
-
- The regular expression "pattern matching" routines follow
- the Unix-style rules. For example, '*' matches all MSDOS
- files in lieu of '*.*'. The archive, hidden, read-only
- and system attribute bits are ignored during pattern
- matching.
-
- Not all Unix filenames are appropriate in the MSDOS world.
- The Mtools commands may have to alter Unix names to fit
- the MSDOS filename restrictions. Most commands have a -v
- (verbose) option that will display the new names if they
- have been changed. The following table shows some exam-
- ples of filename conversions:
-
- l l l. Unix name MSDOS name Reason for the
- change _ _ _ thisisatest THISISAT filename
- too long emmet.gray EMMET.GRA extension too long
- prn.txt XRN.TXT PRN is a device name
- hot+cold HOTXCOLD illegal character
-
- All options use the '-' (minus) flag, not '/' as you'd
- expect in MSDOS.
-
- The mcd command is used to establish the device and the
- current working directory (relative to the MSDOS filesys-
- tem), otherwise the default is assumed to be A:/.
-
- All the Mtools commands return 0 on success, 1 on utter
- failure, or 2 on partial failure.
-
- SEE ALSO
- mattrib(1), mcd(1), mdel(1), mformat(1), mrd(1), mren(1),
- mtype(1), mcopy(1), mdir(1), mlabel(1), mmd(1), mread(1),
- mwrite(1)
-
- BUGS
- An unfortunate side effect of not guessing the proper
- device (when multiple disk capacities are supported) is an
- occasional error message from the device driver. These
- can be safely ignored.
-
-