## Note of warning

           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.

## 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  trans
           fer.   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 car
                  riage 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
                  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

           Mtools' texinfo doc

## Viewing the texi doc

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           mtools's texinfo documentation. However, this  process  is
           only  approximative,  and  some items, such as crossrefer
           ences, footnotes and indices are lost in this  translation
           process.   Indeed,  these items have no appropriate repre
           sentation in the manpage format.  Moreover, not all infor
           mation 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; make dvi; dvips mtools.dvi

           *      To generate a html copy,  run:

           Indeed, in the info version certain examples are difficult
           to read due to the quoting conventions used in info.

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