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 4.8 Mcopy
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 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
 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.
 '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.  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.
 
 4.8.1 Bugs
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 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
 

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