mcopy - copy MSDOS files to/from Unix

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

          mtypea:file1a:file2a:file3>unixfilemtypea:file1a:file2a:file3|mcopy-a:msdosfile

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

          mcopy [-bspanvmQT] [-D clash_option] sourcefiletargetfile
          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 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. 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 return/line feeds to line feeds when
              copying from MS-DOS to Unix, and vice-versa when copying from Unix  to  MS-DOS.  Moreover  copying
              stops at Control-Z characters when copying from MS-DOS to Unix, and Control-Z is added at end 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. Same as t above.

       T      Text  (ASCII)  file  transfer  with  character  set conversion.  Differs from -a in the ASCII also
              translates incoming PC-8 characters 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 (see `name clashes' for details).  In
              order to switch off confirmation for DOS files, use -o.

       m      Preserve the file modification time.

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

       mcopy - copy MSDOS files to/from Unix

       This  manpage  has  been  automatically  generated  from  mtools's  texinfo documentation, and may not be
       entirely accurate or complete.  See the end of this man page for details.

       Mtools' texinfo doc

       This  manpage has been automatically generated from mtools's texinfo documentation. However, this process
       is only approximative, and some items, such as crossreferences, footnotes and indices are  lost  in  this
       translation  process.   Indeed,  these  items  have  no appropriate representation in the manpage format.
       Moreover, not all information has been translated into the manpage version.  Thus I strongly  advise  you
       to  use  the  original texinfo doc.  See the end of this manpage for instructions how to view the texinfo
       doc.

       *      To generate a printable copy from the texinfo doc, run the following commands:

                     ./configure;makedvi;dvipsmtools.dvi

       *      To generate a html copy,  run:

                     ./configure;makehtml

       A premade html can be found at `http://www.gnu.org/software/mtools/manual/mtools.html'

       *      To generate an info copy (browsable using emacs' info mode), run:

                     ./configure;makeinfo

       The texinfo doc looks most pretty when printed or as html.  Indeed, in the info version certain  examples
       are difficult to read due to the quoting conventions used in info.

mtools-4.0.48                                        22Feb25                                            mcopy(1)