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mcopy(1)               DragonFly General Commands Manual              mcopy(1)

Name
       mcopy - copy MSDOS files to/from Unix

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       documentation, and may not be entirely accurate or complete.  See the
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Description
       The mcopy command is used to copy MS-DOS files to and from Unix. It
       uses the following syntax:

          mcopy [-bspanvmQT] [-D clash_option] sourcefile targetfile
          mcopy [-bspanvmQT] [-D clash_option] sourcefile [ sourcefiles... ] targetdirectory
          mcopy [-tnvm] MSDOSsourcefile

       Mcopy copies the specified file to the named file, or copies multiple
       files to the named directory.  The source and target can be either MS-
       DOS or Unix files.

       The use of a drive letter designation on the MS-DOS files, 'a:' for
       example, determines the direction of the transfer.  A missing drive
       designation implies a Unix file whose path starts in the current
       directory.  If a source drive letter is specified with no attached file
       name (e.g. mcopy a: .), all files are copied from that drive.

       If only a single, MS-DOS source parameter is provided (e.g. "mcopy
       a:foo.exe"), an implied destination of the current directory (`.') is
       assumed.

       A filename of `-' means standard input or standard output, depending on
       its position on the command line.

       Mcopy accepts the following command line options:

       t      Text file transfer.  Mcopy translates incoming carriage
              return/line feeds to line feeds when copying from Dos to Unix,
              and vice-versa when copying from Unix to Dos.

       b      Batch mode. Optimized for huge recursive copies, but less secure
              if a crash happens during the copy.

       s      Recursive copy.  Also copies directories and their contents

       p      Preserves the attributes of the copied files

       Q      When mcopying multiple files, quits as soon as one copy fails
              (for example due to lacking storage space on the target disk)

       a      Text (Ascii) file transfer.  Mcopy translates incoming carriage
              return/line feeds to line feeds.

       T      Text (Ascii) file transfer with charset conversion.  Differs
              from -a in the Mcopy also translates incoming PC-8 characters to
              ISO-8859-1 equivalents as far as possible.  When reading DOS
              files, untranslatable characters are replaced by '#'; when
              writing DOS files, untranslatable characters are replaced by
              '.'.

       n      No confirmation when overwriting Unix files.  Mcopy doesn't warn
              the user when overwriting an existing Unix file. If the target
              file already exists, and the -n option is not in effect, mcopy
              asks whether to overwrite the file or to rename the new file
              (`name clashes') for details).  In order to switch off
              confirmation for DOS files, use -o.

       m      Preserve the file modification time.

       v      Verbose. Displays the name of each file as it is copied.

Bugs
       Unlike MS-DOS, the '+' operator (append) from MS-DOS is not supported.
       However, you may use mtype to produce the same effect:

          mtype a:file1 a:file2 a:file3 >unixfile
          mtype a:file1 a:file2 a:file3 | mcopy - a:msdosfile

See Also
       Mtools' texinfo doc

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                     ./configure; make dvi; dvips mtools.dvi

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                     ./configure; make info

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mtools-4.0.10                       10Mar09                           mcopy(1)

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