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.TH mcat 1 "28Nov20" mtools-4.0.26
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.SH Name
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mcat - dump raw disk image
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.SH Note\ of\ warning
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This manpage has been automatically generated from mtools's texinfo
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documentation, and may not be entirely accurate or complete. See the
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end of this man page for details.
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.SH Description
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The \fR\&\f(CWmcat\fR command is used to copy an entire disk image from or
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to the floppy device. It uses the following syntax:
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.PP
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\&\fR\&\f(CWmcat\fR [\fR\&\f(CW-w\fR] \fIdrive\fR\fR\&\f(CW:\fR
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.PP
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\&\fR\&\f(CWMcat\fR performs the same task as the Unix \fR\&\f(CWcat\fR command. It
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is included into the mtools package, since \fR\&\f(CWcat\fR cannot access
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remote floppy devices offered by the mtools floppy daemon.
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Now it is possible to create boot floppies remotely.
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.PP
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The default operation is reading. The output is written to stdout.
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If the \fR\&\f(CW-w\fR option is specified, mcat reads a disk-image from
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stdin and writes it to the given device.
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\&\fBUse this carefully!\fR Because of the low-level nature of this
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command, it will happily destroy any data written before on the
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disk without warning!
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.SH See\ Also
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Mtools' texinfo doc
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.SH Viewing\ the\ texi\ doc
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This manpage has been automatically generated from mtools's texinfo
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documentation. However, this process is only approximative, and some
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items, such as crossreferences, footnotes and indices are lost in this
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translation process. Indeed, these items have no appropriate
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representation in the manpage format. Moreover, not all information has
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been translated into the manpage version. Thus I strongly advise you to
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use the original texinfo doc. See the end of this manpage for
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instructions how to view the texinfo doc.
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commands:
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./configure; make dvi; dvips mtools.dvi
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.fi
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.ft R
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\&\fR
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To generate a html copy, run:
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./configure; make html
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.fi
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\&\fRA premade html can be found at
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\&\fR\&\f(CW\(ifhttp://www.gnu.org/software/mtools/manual/mtools.html\(is\fR
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* \ \
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To generate an info copy (browsable using emacs' info mode), run:
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.nf
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.ft 3
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.in +0.3i
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./configure; make info
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.fi
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\&\fR
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The texinfo doc looks most pretty when printed or as html. Indeed, in
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the info version certain examples are difficult to read due to the
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quoting conventions used in info.
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