floppyd_installtest - tests whether floppyd is installed and running

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CWFloppyd_installtest is used to check for the presence of a running floppyd daemon. This is usefull, if you have a small frontend script to mtools, which decides whether to use floppyd or not.

CWfloppyd_installtest [CW-f] Connect-String

If the CW-f option is specified, CWfloppyd_installtest does a full X-Cookie authentication and complains if this does not work.

The connect-String has the format described in the floppyd-section: hostnameCW:displaynumber[CW/baseport]

Mtools' texinfo doc

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