Date: Sat, 3 Feb 1996 19:02:37 +1100 (EST) From: Richard Lyon <rlyon@rlyon.mynet.au> To: Steve Tan <stevt@digitalweb.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: newbie : How write to DOS Floppy ? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960203185807.2392A-100000@rlyon.mynet.au> In-Reply-To: <199602020101.RAA06440@iceland.it.earthlink.net>
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On Thu, 1 Feb 1996, Steve Tan wrote:
> I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask, but I'm
> trying to figure out how to write files to a DOS disk, my
> floppy drive. I didn't see any info in the FAQ's or
> installation guides.
>
Look at mtools available in the ports collection. This bypasses the need to
mount and umount the floppy manually. It also can take care of end-of-line
text translation.
ie.
mdir A:
mcopy "A:\*.*" .
mcopy unixfile "A:\dosfile"
etc etc.
Regards ...
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