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Mtools local help file


The current version of Mtools is 3.9.1
Mtools is a public domain collection of tools to allow Unix systems to manipulate MS-DOS files: read, write, and move around files on an MS-DOS filesystem (typically a floppy disk). Where reasonable, each program attempts to emulate the MS-DOS equivalent command. However, unnecessary restrictions and oddities of DOS are not emulated. For instance, it is possible to move subdirectories from one subdirectory to another.
Mtools is sufficient to give access to MS-DOS filesystems. For instance, commands such as `mdir a:' work on the `a:' floppy without any preliminary mounting or initialization (assuming the default `/etc/mtools.conf' works on your machine). With mtools, one can change floppies too without unmounting and mounting.
Command list ************
This section describes the available mtools commands, and the command line parameters that each of them accepts. Options which are common to all mtools commands are not described here, *Note arguments:: for a description of those.
* Menu:
  • mattrib:: change MS-DOS file attribute flags
  • mbadblocks:: tests a floppy disk, and marks the bad blocks in the FAT
  • mcd:: change MS-DOS directory
  • mcopy:: copy MS-DOS files to/from Unix
  • mdel:: delete an MS-DOS file
  • mdeltree:: recursively delete an MS-DOS directory
  • mdir:: display an MS-DOS directory
  • mdu:: list space occupied by directory and its contents
  • mformat:: add an MS-DOS filesystem to a low-level formatted floppy disk
  • minfo:: get information about an MS-DOS filesystem.
  • mlabel:: make an MS-DOS volume label
  • mkmanifest:: makes a list of short name equivalents
  • mmd:: make an MS-DOS subdirectory
  • mmount:: mount an MS-DOS disk
  • mpartition:: create an MS-DOS as a partition
  • mrd:: remove an MS-DOS subdirectory
  • mmove:: move or rename an MS-DOS file or subdirectory
  • mren:: rename an existing MS-DOS file
  • mshowfat:: shows the FAT map of a file
  • mtoolstest:: tests and displays the configuration
  • mtype:: display contents of an MS-DOS file
  • mzip:: zip disk specific commands
  • xcopy:: recursively copy a dos directory into another
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