mtools

Mtools is a public domain collection of tools to allow Unix systems to manipulate MS-DOS files: read, write, and move around files on an MS-DOS filesystem

Mtools are typically used to manipulate FAT formatted floppy disks. Each program attempts to emulate the MS-DOS equivalent command, these are different from Windows NT/2000 commands.

Mtools is sufficient to give access to MS-DOS filesystems. 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.

MTOOLS Programs

floppyd           floppy daemon to run on your X server box
floppyd_installtest small utility to check for the presence of floppyd
mattrib           change MS-DOS file attribute flags
mbadblocks        tests a floppy disk, and marks the bad blocks in the FAT
mcat              same as cat. Only useful with floppyd.
mcd               change MS-DOS directory
mcopy             copy MS-DOS files to/from Unix
mdel              delete an MS-DOS file
mdeltree          recursively delete an MS-DOS directory
mdir              display an MS-DOS directory
mdu               list space occupied by directory and its contents
mformat           add an MS-DOS filesystem to a low-level formatted floppy disk
minfo             get information about an MS-DOS filesystem.
mlabel            make an MS-DOS volume label
mkmanifest        makes a list of short name equivalents
mmd               make an MS-DOS subdirectory
mmount            mount an MS-DOS disk
mpartition        create an MS-DOS as a partition
mrd               remove an MS-DOS subdirectory
mmove             move or rename an MS-DOS file or subdirectory
mren              rename an existing MS-DOS file
mshowfat          shows the FAT map of a file
mtoolstest        tests and displays the configuration
mtype             display contents of an MS-DOS file
mzip              zip disk specific commands
xcopy             recursively copy a dos directory into another

Equivalent Windows XP commands:

In the same way that `mtools' are DOS/Windows commands ported to run under UNIX, most UNIX commands have been ported to run under NT.
A very limited selection of POSIX tools are included in the NT resource kits, more can be found on the net.
Be aware that most UNIX commands running on Windows are case sensitive.