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mtype(1)               DragonFly General Commands Manual              mtype(1)

Name
       mtype - display contents of an MSDOS file

Note of warning
       This manpage has been automatically generated from mtools's texinfo
       documentation, and may not be entirely accurate or complete.  See the
       end of this man page for details.

Description
       The mtype command is used to display contents of an MS-DOS file. Its
       syntax is:

       mtype [-ts] msdosfile [ msdosfiles... ]

       Mtype displays the specified MS-DOS file on the screen.

       In addition to the standard options, Mtype allows the following command
       line options:

       t      Text file viewing.  Mtype translates incoming carriage
              return/line feeds to line feeds.

       s      Mtype strips the high bit from the data.

       The mcd command may be used to establish the device and the current
       working directory (relative to MS-DOS), otherwise the default is A:/.

       Mtype returns 0 on success, 1 on utter failure, or 2 on partial
       failure.

       Unlike the MS-DOS version of TYPE, mtype allows multiple arguments.

See Also
       Mtools' texinfo doc

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       instructions how to view the texinfo doc.

       *      To generate a printable copy from the texinfo doc, run the
              following commands:

                     ./configure; make dvi; dvips mtools.dvi

       *      To generate a html copy,  run:

                     ./configure; make html

              A premade html can be found at
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       *      To generate an info copy (browsable using emacs' info mode),
              run:

                     ./configure; make info

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mtools-4.0.10                       10Mar09                           mtype(1)

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