ISC dossette

[Emmet P. Gray]

> > Here is something whose answer should be in the 386 FAQ posting.
> >
> > Although I have vpix, I would prefer to be able to use the dossette
> > commands dosput and dosget to read or write DOS files to/from floppies.
> > Unfortunately, as I've seen from many other postings, the ISC dossette
> > software doesn't seem to work (or rarely, at least).
> >
> > Has anyone figured out how to make it work reliably? Or do I have to resort
> > to vpix to move files to/from DOS floppies?  Thanks...todd
> 
> ISC already has a fix for this, just order their SSU.5 update.

... or you could use Mtools.

Mtools is a public domain collection of programs to allow Unix systems
to read, write, and manipulate files on an MSDOS filesystem (typically a
diskette).  It will handle multiple floppies, VP/ix dos "images", and
real DOS partitions.

The following MSDOS commands are emulated:

Mtool 		MSDOS
name		equivalent	Description
-----		----		-----------
mattrib		ATTRIB		change MSDOS file attribute flags
mcd		CD		change MSDOS directory
mcopy		COPY		copy MSDOS files to/from Unix
mdel		DEL/ERASE	delete an MSDOS file
mdir		DIR		display an MSDOS directory
mformat		FORMAT		add MSDOS filesystem to a low-level format
mlabel		LABEL		make an MSDOS volume label.
mmd		MD/MKDIR	make an MSDOS subdirectory
mrd		RD/RMDIR	remove an MSDOS subdirectory
mread		COPY		low level read (copy) an MSDOS file to Unix
mren		REN/RENAME	rename an existing MSDOS file
mtype		TYPE		display contents of an MSDOS file
mwrite		COPY		low level write (copy) a Unix file to MSDOS

The current version of Mtools is v2.0.3 (meaing version 2.0 at patch
level 3).

Mtools was posted to the unix-pc.sources news group (and mailed to the
moderator of comp.sources.unix) on the 17th of September 1990.  Since
then, patches 1, 2, and 3 have been posted to unix-pc.sources,
comp.sources.bugs, and emailed to Rich Salz.

In addition, the current version of Mtools and all the patches are
available via anonymous ftp from cerl.cecer.army.mil (129.229.1.101).

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