Alistair Delva | beaee83 | 2021-02-24 11:27:23 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | '\" t |
Yi Kong | 39bbd96 | 2022-01-09 19:41:38 +0800 | [diff] [blame] | 2 | .TH mcopy 1 "08Jan22" mtools-4.0.37 |
Alistair Delva | beaee83 | 2021-02-24 11:27:23 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 3 | .SH Name |
| 4 | mcopy - copy MSDOS files to/from Unix |
| 5 | '\" t |
| 6 | .de TQ |
| 7 | .br |
| 8 | .ns |
| 9 | .TP \\$1 |
| 10 | .. |
| 11 | |
| 12 | .tr \(is' |
| 13 | .tr \(if` |
| 14 | .tr \(pd" |
| 15 | |
| 16 | .SH Note\ of\ warning |
| 17 | This manpage has been automatically generated from mtools's texinfo |
| 18 | documentation, and may not be entirely accurate or complete. See the |
| 19 | end of this man page for details. |
| 20 | .PP |
| 21 | .SH Description |
| 22 | .PP |
| 23 | The \fR\&\f(CWmcopy\fR command is used to copy MS-DOS files to and from |
| 24 | Unix. It uses the following syntax: |
| 25 | .PP |
| 26 | |
| 27 | .nf |
| 28 | .ft 3 |
| 29 | .in +0.3i |
| 30 | \&\fR\&\f(CWmcopy [\fR\&\f(CW-bspanvmQT] [\fR\&\f(CW-D \fIclash_option\fR\&\f(CW] \fIsourcefile\fR\&\f(CW \fItargetfile\fR\&\f(CW |
| 31 | \&\fR\&\f(CWmcopy [\fR\&\f(CW-bspanvmQT] [\fR\&\f(CW-D \fIclash_option\fR\&\f(CW] \fIsourcefile\fR\&\f(CW [ \fIsourcefiles\fR\&\f(CW\&... ] \fItargetdirectory\fR\&\f(CW |
| 32 | \&\fR\&\f(CWmcopy [\fR\&\f(CW-tnvm] \fIMSDOSsourcefile\fR\&\f(CW |
| 33 | .fi |
| 34 | .in -0.3i |
| 35 | .ft R |
| 36 | .PP |
| 37 | |
| 38 | \&\fR |
| 39 | .PP |
| 40 | \&\fR\&\f(CWMcopy\fR copies the specified file to the named file, or copies |
| 41 | multiple files to the named directory. The source and target can be |
| 42 | either MS-DOS or Unix files. |
| 43 | .PP |
| 44 | The use of a drive letter designation on the MS-DOS files, 'a:' for |
| 45 | example, determines the direction of the transfer. A missing drive |
| 46 | designation implies a Unix file whose path starts in the current |
| 47 | directory. If a source drive letter is specified with no attached file |
| 48 | name (e.g. \fR\&\f(CWmcopy a: .\fR), all files are copied from that drive. |
| 49 | .PP |
| 50 | If only a single, MS-DOS source parameter is provided (e.g. "mcopy |
| 51 | a:foo.exe"), an implied destination of the current directory |
| 52 | (`\fR\&\f(CW.\fR') is assumed. |
| 53 | .PP |
| 54 | A filename of `\fR\&\f(CW-\fR' means standard input or standard output, depending |
| 55 | on its position on the command line. |
| 56 | .PP |
| 57 | \&\fR\&\f(CWMcopy\fR accepts the following command line options: |
| 58 | .TP |
| 59 | \&\fR\&\f(CWt\fR\ |
| 60 | Text file transfer. Mcopy translates incoming carriage return/line |
| 61 | feeds to line feeds when copying from MS-DOS to Unix, and vice-versa when |
| 62 | copying from Unix to MS-DOS. |
| 63 | .TP |
| 64 | \&\fR\&\f(CWb\fR\ |
| 65 | Batch mode. Optimized for huge recursive copies, but less secure if a |
| 66 | crash happens during the copy. |
| 67 | .TP |
| 68 | \&\fR\&\f(CWs\fR\ |
| 69 | Recursive copy. Also copies directories and their contents |
| 70 | .TP |
| 71 | \&\fR\&\f(CWp\fR\ |
| 72 | Preserves the attributes of the copied files |
| 73 | .TP |
| 74 | \&\fR\&\f(CWQ\fR\ |
| 75 | When mcopying multiple files, quits as soon as one copy fails (for |
| 76 | example due to lacking storage space on the target disk) |
| 77 | .TP |
| 78 | \&\fR\&\f(CWa\fR\ |
| 79 | Text (ASCII) file transfer. \fR\&\f(CWASCII\fR translates incoming carriage |
| 80 | return/line feeds to line feeds. |
| 81 | .TP |
| 82 | \&\fR\&\f(CWT\fR\ |
| 83 | Text (ASCII) file transfer with character set conversion. Differs from |
| 84 | \&\fR\&\f(CW-a\fR in the \fR\&\f(CWASCII\fR also translates incoming PC-8 characters |
| 85 | to ISO-8859-1 equivalents as far as possible. When reading DOS files, |
| 86 | untranslatable characters are replaced by '\fR\&\f(CW#\fR'; when writing DOS files, |
| 87 | untranslatable characters are replaced by '\fR\&\f(CW.\fR'. |
| 88 | .TP |
| 89 | \&\fR\&\f(CWn\fR\ |
| 90 | No confirmation when overwriting Unix files. \fR\&\f(CWASCII\fR doesn't |
| 91 | warn the user when overwriting an existing Unix file. If the target |
| 92 | file already exists, and the \fR\&\f(CW-n\fR option is not in effect, |
| 93 | \&\fR\&\f(CWmcopy\fR asks whether to overwrite the file or to rename the new |
| 94 | file (see \(ifname clashes\(is) for details). In order to switch off |
| 95 | confirmation for DOS files, use \fR\&\f(CW-o\fR. |
| 96 | .TP |
| 97 | \&\fR\&\f(CWm\fR\ |
| 98 | Preserve the file modification time. |
| 99 | .TP |
| 100 | \&\fR\&\f(CWv\fR\ |
| 101 | Verbose. Displays the name of each file as it is copied. |
| 102 | .PP |
| 103 | .SH Bugs |
| 104 | Unlike MS-DOS, the '+' operator (append) from MS-DOS is not |
| 105 | supported. However, you may use \fR\&\f(CWmtype\fR to produce the same effect: |
| 106 | |
| 107 | .nf |
| 108 | .ft 3 |
| 109 | .in +0.3i |
| 110 | mtype a:file1 a:file2 a:file3 >unixfile |
| 111 | mtype a:file1 a:file2 a:file3 | mcopy - a:msdosfile |
| 112 | .fi |
| 113 | .in -0.3i |
| 114 | .ft R |
| 115 | .PP |
| 116 | |
| 117 | \&\fR |
| 118 | .PP |
| 119 | .SH See\ Also |
| 120 | Mtools' texinfo doc |
| 121 | .SH Viewing\ the\ texi\ doc |
| 122 | This manpage has been automatically generated from mtools's texinfo |
| 123 | documentation. However, this process is only approximative, and some |
| 124 | items, such as crossreferences, footnotes and indices are lost in this |
| 125 | translation process. Indeed, these items have no appropriate |
| 126 | representation in the manpage format. Moreover, not all information has |
| 127 | been translated into the manpage version. Thus I strongly advise you to |
| 128 | use the original texinfo doc. See the end of this manpage for |
| 129 | instructions how to view the texinfo doc. |
| 130 | .TP |
| 131 | * \ \ |
| 132 | To generate a printable copy from the texinfo doc, run the following |
| 133 | commands: |
| 134 | |
| 135 | .nf |
| 136 | .ft 3 |
| 137 | .in +0.3i |
| 138 | ./configure; make dvi; dvips mtools.dvi |
| 139 | .fi |
| 140 | .in -0.3i |
| 141 | .ft R |
| 142 | .PP |
| 143 | |
| 144 | \&\fR |
| 145 | .TP |
| 146 | * \ \ |
| 147 | To generate a html copy, run: |
| 148 | |
| 149 | .nf |
| 150 | .ft 3 |
| 151 | .in +0.3i |
| 152 | ./configure; make html |
| 153 | .fi |
| 154 | .in -0.3i |
| 155 | .ft R |
| 156 | .PP |
| 157 | |
| 158 | \&\fRA premade html can be found at |
| 159 | \&\fR\&\f(CW\(ifhttp://www.gnu.org/software/mtools/manual/mtools.html\(is\fR |
| 160 | .TP |
| 161 | * \ \ |
| 162 | To generate an info copy (browsable using emacs' info mode), run: |
| 163 | |
| 164 | .nf |
| 165 | .ft 3 |
| 166 | .in +0.3i |
| 167 | ./configure; make info |
| 168 | .fi |
| 169 | .in -0.3i |
| 170 | .ft R |
| 171 | .PP |
| 172 | |
| 173 | \&\fR |
| 174 | .PP |
| 175 | The texinfo doc looks most pretty when printed or as html. Indeed, in |
| 176 | the info version certain examples are difficult to read due to the |
| 177 | quoting conventions used in info. |
| 178 | .PP |