mcopy(1)							     mcopy(1)



Name
       mcopy - copy MSDOS files to/from Unix



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       documentation, and may not be entirely accurate or complete.  See  the
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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 transfer.  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  carriage
	      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

       Q      When mcopying multiple files, quits as soon as one  copy	fails
	      (for example due to lacking storage space on the target disk)

       a      Text (Ascii) file transfer.  Mcopy translates incoming carriage
	      return/line feeds to line feeds.

       T      Text (Ascii) file transfer with  charset	conversion.   Differs
	      from  -a	in the Mcopy also translates incoming PC-8 characters
	      to ISO-8859-1 equivalents as far as possible.  When reading DOS
	      files,  untranslatable  characters  are  replaced	 by '#'; when
	      writing DOS files, untranslatable characters  are	 replaced  by
	      '.'.

       n      No  confirmation	when  overwriting  Unix files.	Mcopy doesn't
	      warn the user when overwriting an existing Unix file.  In order
	      to switch off confirmation for DOS files, use -o.

       m      Preserve the file modification time. 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).

       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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       to  use	the  original  texinfo	doc.  See the end of this manpage for
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       *      To generate a printable copy from the texinfo doc, run the fol-
	      lowing commands:

		     ./configure; make dvi; dvips mtools.dvi



       *      To generate a html copy,	run:

		     ./configure; make html

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	      also at: 'http://www.tux.org/pub/knaff/mtools'

       *      To generate an info copy (browsable using	 emacs'	 info  mode),
	      run:

		     ./configure; make info



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       the info version certain examples are difficult to  read	 due  to  the
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mtools-3.9.9			   03Mar03			     mcopy(1)

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