mcopy

mcopy(1)                    General Commands Manual                   mcopy(1)

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 ex-
       ample,  determines the direction of the transfer.  A missing drive des-
       ignation implies a Unix file whose path starts in  the  current  direc-
       tory.  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 re-
              turn/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.   Dif-
              fers  from -a in the ASCII also translates incoming PC-8 charac-
              ters 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 confirma-
              tion 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
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mtools-4.0.24                       22Mar20                           mcopy(1)