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
       example,	 determines  the  direction  of the transfer.  A missing drive
       designation 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
	      return/line feeds to line feeds when copying from Dos  to	 Unix,
	      and vice-versa when copying from Unix to 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.  Mcopy translates incoming carriage
	      return/line feeds to line feeds.

       T      Text (Ascii) file transfer  with	charset	 conversion.   Differs
	      from -a in the Mcopy 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 writ-
	      ing DOS files, untranslatable characters are replaced by '.'.

       n      No confirmation when overwriting Unix files.  Mcopy 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-4.0.12			    03Nov09			      mcopy(1)