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Date: Sat, 3 Feb 1996 19:02:37 +1100 (EST)
From: Richard Lyon <rlyon@rlyon.mynet.au>
To: Steve Tan <stevt@digitalweb.com>
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Subject: Re: newbie : How write to DOS Floppy ?
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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 ...