mcopy(1)                                                                                                                mcopy(1)



Name
       mcopy - copy MSDOS files to/from Unix



Note of warning
       This  manpage  has  been automatically generated from 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  tar-
       get 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  MS-DOS
              to Unix, and vice-versa when copying from Unix to MS-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.  ASCII translates incoming carriage return/line feeds to line feeds.

       T      Text (ASCII) file transfer with character set conversion.  Differs from -a in the ASCII 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.  ASCII 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

Viewing the texi doc
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       mative, and some items, such as crossreferences, footnotes and indices are lost in  this  translation  process.   Indeed,
       these  items have no appropriate representation in the manpage format.  Moreover, not all information has been translated
       into the manpage version.  Thus 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

       A premade html can be found at `http://www.gnu.org/software/mtools/manual/mtools.html'

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

                     ./configure; make info



       The texinfo doc looks most pretty when printed or as html.  Indeed, in the info version certain examples are difficult to
       read due to the quoting conventions used in info.

mtools-4.0.13                                                28Feb10                                                    mcopy(1)