mcopy

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       mtools's texinfo documentation, and may  not  be  entirely
       accurate  or  complete.   See the end of this man page for
       details.

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  trans­
       fer.   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 car­
              riage 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
              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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       I  strongly  advise  you  to use the original texinfo doc.
       See the end of this manpage for 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

       to read due to the quoting conventions used in info.

mtools-3.9.9                 05Jun03                     mcopy(1)