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| .\" Man page for mxtar |
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| .\" Copyright (C), 2003, Luis Bustamante |
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| .\" Mon Mar 3 11:58:15 COT 2003 Luis Bustamante <luferbu@fluidsignal.com> |
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| .TH MXTAR 1 "Mon Mar 3 11:58:15 COT 2003" "" "Mtools Users Manual" |
| .SH NAME |
| mxtar \- Wrapper for using GNU tar directly from a floppy disk |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .\" The command line |
| .B mxtar |
| [ |
| .B \- |
| ] |
| .I [ tar-options ] |
| .I file |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| .B mxtar |
| let you use GNU \fBtar\fR(1) on a floppy disk without mounting it using |
| \fBmtools\fR(1). |
| It is not strictly necessary on Debian GNU/Linux, because the GNU |
| \fBtar\fR(1) program provides the same capability after copying the |
| file locally with |
| |
| .B mcopy |
| .I file |
| .I destination |
| |
| but this utility is provided in the mtools package for other platforms and |
| is retained here for completeness. |
| |
| .SH AUTHOR |
| Luis Bustamante <luferbu@fluidsignal.com> wrote this page for the |
| .I Debian/GNU |
| mtools package. |
| |
| |
| .SH "SEE ALSO" |
| .BR mtools (1), |
| .BR tar (1), |
| .BR mcopy (1) |