Files: debian to dos
|> 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
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