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
    writing 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.  In order to
    switch off confirmation for DOS files, use -o.

    m   Preserve the file modification time. 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).

    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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