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2 !!!mcopy
3 Name
4 Note of warning
5 Description
6 Bugs
7 See Also
8 Viewing the texi doc
9 ----
10 !!Name
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13 mcopy - copy MSDOS files to/from Unix
14 !!Note of warning
15
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17 This manpage has been automatically generated from mtools's
18 texinfo documentation, and may not be entirely accurate or
19 complete. See the end of this man page for
20 details.
21 !!Description
22
23
24 The mcopy command is used to copy MS-DOS files to
25 and from Unix. It uses the following syntax:
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28 mcopy [[-bspanvmQT] [[-D ''clash_option''] ''sourcefile targetfile''
29 mcopy [[-bspanvmQT] [[-D ''clash_option''] ''sourcefile'' [[ ''sourcefiles''... ] ''targetdirectory''
30 mcopy [[-tnvm] ''MSDOSsourcefile''
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33 Mcopy copies the specified file to the named file,
34 or copies multiple files to the named directory. The source
35 and target can be either MS-DOS or Unix files.
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38 The use of a drive letter designation on the MS-DOS files,
39 'a:' for example, determines the direction of the transfer.
40 A missing drive designation implies a Unix file whose path
41 starts in the current directory. If a source drive letter is
42 specified with no attached file name (e.g. mcopy a:
43 .), all files are copied from that drive.
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46 If only a single, MS-DOS source parameter is provided (e.g.
47 .') is assumed.
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50 A filename of `-' means standard input or standard
51 output, depending on its position on the command
52 line.
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55 Mcopy accepts the following command line
56 options:
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59 t
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62 Text file transfer. Mcopy translates incoming carriage
63 return/line feeds to line feeds when copying from Dos to
64 Unix, and vice-versa when copying from Unix to
65 Dos.
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68 b
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71 Batch mode. Optimized for huge recursive copies, but less
72 secure if a crash happens during the copy.
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75 s
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78 Recursive copy. Also copies directories and their
79 contents
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82 p
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85 Preserves the attributes of the copied files
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88 Q
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91 When mcopying multiple files, quits as soon as one copy
92 fails (for example due to lacking storage space on the
93 target disk)
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96 a
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99 Text (Ascii) file transfer. Mcopy translates
100 incoming carriage return/line feeds to line
101 feeds.
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104 T
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107 Text (Ascii) file transfer with charset conversion. Differs
108 from -a in the Mcopy also translates
109 incoming PC-8 characters to ISO-8859-1 equivalents as far as
110 possible. When reading DOS files, untranslatable characters
111 are replaced by '#'; when writing DOS files,
112 untranslatable characters are replaced by
113 '.'.
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116 n
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119 No confirmation when overwriting Unix files. Mcopy
120 doesn't warn the user when overwriting an existing Unix
121 file. In order to switch off confirmation for DOS files, use
122 -o.
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125 m
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128 Preserve the file modification time. If the target file
129 already exists, and the -n option is not in effect,
130 mcopy asks whether to overwrite the file or to
131 rename the new file (`name clashes') for
132 details).
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135 v
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138 Verbose. Displays the name of each file as it is
139 copied.
140 !!Bugs
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143 Unlike MS-DOS, the '+' operator (append) from MS-DOS is not
144 supported. However, you may use mtype to produce
145 the same effect:
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148 __ mtype a:file1 a:file2 a:file3
149 __
150 !!See Also
151
152
153 Mtools' texinfo doc
154 !!Viewing the texi doc
155
156
157 This manpage has been automatically generated from mtools's
158 texinfo documentation. However, this process is only
159 approximative, and some items, such as crossreferences,
160 footnotes and indices are lost in this translation process.
161 Indeed, these items have no appropriate representation in
162 the manpage format. Moreover, not all information has been
163 translated into the manpage version. Thus I strongly advise
164 you to use the original texinfo doc. See the end of this
165 manpage for instructions how to view the texinfo
166 doc.
167
168
169 *
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172 To generate a printable copy from the texinfo doc, run the
173 following commands:
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176 __ ./configure; make dvi; dvips mtools.dvi
177 __
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179
180 *
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183 To generate a html copy, run:
184
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186 __ ./configure; make html
187 __A premade html can be found at: `http://mtools.linux.lu' and also at: `http://www.tux.org/pub/knaff/mtools'
188
189
190 *
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193 To generate an info copy (browsable using emacs' info mode),
194 run:
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197 __ ./configure; make info
198 __
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201 The texinfo doc looks most pretty when printed or as html.
202 Indeed, in the info version certain examples are difficult
203 to read due to the quoting conventions used in
204 info.
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