Mtools 4.0.20

This manual is for Mtools (version 4.0.20, November 2018), which is a collection of tools to allow Unix systems to manipulate MS-DOS files.

Copyright © 2007, 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc. Copyright © 1996-2005,2007-2011,2013 Alain Knaff.

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Introduction

Mtools is a collection of tools to allow Unix systems to manipulate MS-DOS files: read, write, and move around files on an MS-DOS file system (typically a floppy disk). Where reasonable, each program attempts to emulate the MS-DOS equivalent command. However, unnecessary restrictions and oddities of DOS are not emulated. For instance, it is possible to move subdirectories from one subdirectory to another.

Mtools is sufficient to give access to MS-DOS file systems. For instance, commands such as mdir a: work on the a: floppy without any preliminary mounting or initialization (assuming the default /etc/mtools.conf works on your machine). With mtools, one can change floppies too without unmounting and mounting.