MTOOLS(1)                                               MTOOLS(1)


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.

       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:/.

CONFIGURATION
       The mtools package looks for a configuation file  in  each
       of  ./.mtoolsrc,  $HOME/.mtoolsrc,  and /etc/mtoolsrc when
       any of the mtools programs  are  invoked.   The  resulting
       configuration  will consist of all drives described by the
       three files.  If a drive is described  in  more  than  one
       file,  the  definitions  from  the first file in which the
       drive is described will be used.



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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), mtoolsrc(5)

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.















































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