mcopy - copy MSDOS files to/from Unix

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The CWmcopy command is used to copy MS-DOS files to and from Unix. It uses the following syntax:

CWmcopy [CW-bspanvmQT] [CW-D clash_optionCW] sourcefileCW targetfileCW
CWmcopy [CW-bspanvmQT] [CW-D clash_optionCW] sourcefileCW [ sourcefilesCW... ] targetdirectoryCW
CWmcopy [CW-tnvm] MSDOSsourcefileCW

CWMcopy 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 example, determines the direction of the transfer. A missing drive designation implies a Unix file whose path starts in the current directory. If a source drive letter is specified with no attached file name (e.g. CWmcopy 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 (`CW.') is assumed.

A filename of `CW-' means standard input or standard output, depending on its position on the command line.

CWMcopy accepts the following command line options:

CWt

Text file transfer. Mcopy translates incoming carriage return/line feeds to line feeds when copying from Dos to Unix, and vice-versa when copying from Unix to Dos.

CWb

Batch mode. Optimized for huge recursive copies, but less secure if a crash happens during the copy.

CWs

Recursive copy. Also copies directories and their contents

CWp

Preserves the attributes of the copied files

CWQ

When mcopying multiple files, quits as soon as one copy fails (for example due to lacking storage space on the target disk)

CWa

Text (Ascii) file transfer. CWMcopy translates incoming carriage return/line feeds to line feeds.

CWT

Text (Ascii) file transfer with charset conversion. Differs from CW-a in the CWMcopy also translates incoming PC-8 characters to ISO-8859-1 equivalents as far as possible. When reading DOS files, untranslatable characters are replaced by 'CW#'; when writing DOS files, untranslatable characters are replaced by 'CW.'.

CWn

No confirmation when overwriting Unix files. CWMcopy doesn't warn the user when overwriting an existing Unix file. In order to switch off confirmation for DOS files, use CW-o.

CWm

Preserve the file modification time. If the target file already exists, and the CW-n option is not in effect, CWmcopy asks whether to overwrite the file or to rename the new file (name clashes) for details).

CWv

Verbose. Displays the name of each file as it is copied.

Unlike MS-DOS, the '+' operator (append) from MS-DOS is not supported. However, you may use CWmtype to produce the same effect:

mtype a:file1 a:file2 a:file3 >unixfile
mtype a:file1 a:file2 a:file3 | mcopy - a:msdosfile

Mtools' texinfo doc

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