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). Each program attempts to emulate the MSDOS equivalent command as closely as practical. 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 alias for mcopy, will be removed soon You should be able to just close your eyes and pretend you're on an MSDOS system. Everything should work the same... except for the added 'm' at the beginning of each command. MSDOS filenames are optionally composed of a drive letter followed by a colon, a subdirectory, and a filename. Sub- directory names can use either the '/' or '\' separator. The use of the '\' separator or wildcards will require the names to be enclosed in quotes to protect them from the shell. The regular expression "pattern matching" routines follow the Unix-style rules. For example, '*' matches all MSDOS files in lieu of '*.*'. The archive, hidden, read-only and system attribute bits are ignored during pattern matching.