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       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 (`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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