mkflops(SMT)                   6 January 1993                   mkflops(SMT)


 Name

    mkflops - create floppy disks from mkcuts(SMT) output

 Syntax

    mkflops [-S] [-I interleave] [-d devicetype] [-o] [-p prd] [-r release]
    [-u]

 Options


    -I1  sets format interleave of 1

    -I2  sets format interleave of 2

    -d   specifies the device for which the disk image is intended. de-
         vicetype must be one of the following: 48ds9, 96ds9, 96ds15, 135ds9,
         or 135ds18.  mkflops does not request a device type later.

    -o   Other drive.  It indicates that drive 1 is to be the output drive
         for cutting the distribution floppy disks.

    -p   specifies a product directory if the current working directory
         contains multiple product directories.  mkflops does not request a
         product name later.

    -r   specifies a release number for the product if there are disk images
         for more than one release of the product.  mkflops does not request
         a release number name later.

    -S   This option causes mkflops to ignore the sums left in the KEY sums
         file.

    -u   displays command line usage, then quits


 Description

    The mkflops utility takes disk images created by mkcuts -i and creates
    floppy disks using these images.  Without any arguments, mkflops assumes
    that the image file or files are stored in the directory created by
    mkcuts, which has a pathname in this format:

       IMAGEDIR/PRODREL/MEDIA

    You can, however, run mkflops from a product directory or from the direc-
    tory immediately above a product directory. This last option is particu-
    larly useful if you have a directory that contains several product direc-
    tories because mkflops asks you to specify which product you wish to cut.
    Alternatively, you can specify a product with the -p option.

 Notes

    mkflops uses an interleave of two as standard formatting on disks.

 Files

    /usr/bin/mkflops

 See also

    mkcuts(SMT)