Files: debian to dos

[<mcclosk@ling.ucsc.edu>]

|> Is there a way to save a linux-file to a dos-diskette in a
|> dos-readable way?

You can use the mtools package. It provides a set of commands that
lets you read, write and manipulate files on an MSDOS system. Its most
typical use is to transfer files between a linux system and a
diskette. Specifically: say you have a DOS-formatted diskette in the
floppy drive of your linux box, then you can:

  mdir a:           (list the files on the diskette)
  mcopy FOO a:BAR   (copy the linux file FOO to the floppy and name it BAR)
  mcopy a:FOO BAR   (copy the file FOO from the floppy to the linux
                     system and name it BAR)
  mdel a:FOO        (delete the file FOO on the floppy)

The mtools package is probably on your system already. If not, you can
find it in the `otherosfs' section of the debian archive,

Jim