Name

       mcopy - copy MSDOS files to/from Unix

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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 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 (see `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

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