Mtools
Accessing MS-DOS disks, Edition 3.0, for Mtools version 3.0, May 1996
by Alain Knaff
Introduction
Common features of all mtools commands
Options and filenames
Current working directory
VFAT-style long file names
Name clashes
Case sensitivity of the VFAT filesystem
XDF Disks (Only available on Linux)
Exit codes
Bugs
How to configure mtools for your environment
Description
Location of the configuration files
General configuration file syntax
Default values
Global variables
Per drive flags and variables
General information
Disk Geometry Configuration
Open Flags
General Purpose Drive Variables
Supplying multiple descriptions for a drive
Character set translation tables
Why character set translation tables are needed
Configuration using Country
Configuration using explicit translation tables
Unicode characters greater than 256
Location of configuration files and parsing order
Backwards compatibility with old configuration file syntax
Command list
Mattrib
Mbadblocks
Bugs
Mcd
Mcopy
Bugs
Mdel
Mdeltree
Mdir
Mformat
Mkmanifest
Example
Bugs
Mlabel
Mmd
Mmount
Mmove
Mrd
Mren
Mtest
Mtype
Architecture specific compilation flags
Porting mtools to architectures which are not supported yet
Command Index
Variable index
Concept index