pjh@mccc.UUCP (Peter J. Holsberg) (02/06/88)
What are the UNIX commands on the 7300 for reading from and writing to
an MSDOS-formatted floppy disk? (I know I can do it with 'ua', but
....) Thanks.
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Trenton, NJ 08690 Voice: 1-609-586-4800jr@amanue.UUCP (Jim Rosenberg) (02/08/88)
In article <187@mccc.UUCP> pjh@mccc.UUCP (Peter J. Holsberg) writes: >What are the UNIX commands on the 7300 for reading from and writing to >an MSDOS-formatted floppy disk? (I know I can do it with 'ua', but >....) Thanks. > Pete: Don't even *THINK* of using the stuff that comes from AT&T for dealing with MSDOS floppies. You want the public domain mtools package. I believe it was written by Emmet Gray (fthood!egray) -- somebody should have it archived somewhere. It works nicely from the shell, and allows wildcards, which as far as I know the ua tools don't. mtools uses mread to read DOS floppies and mwrite to write them. -- Jim Rosenberg CIS: 71515,124 decvax!idis! \ WELL: jer allegra! ---- pitt!amanue!jr BIX: jrosenberg uunet!cmcl2!cadre! /
ford@crash.cts.com (Michael Ditto) (02/08/88)
In article <187@mccc.UUCP> pjh@mccc.UUCP (Peter J. Holsberg) writes: >What are the UNIX commands on the 7300 for reading from and writing to >an MSDOS-formatted floppy disk? (I know I can do it with 'ua', but >....) Thanks. Read Ms.Dos floppy: /usr/bin/msdos Write Ms.Dos floppy: /usr/bin/md_write Format Ms.Dos floppy: /usr/bin/md_format Note that all of these programs do bizarre things to the current window, so you should probably run them with a program like "windy", or at least be prepared to fix up the window afterwards. -- Mike Ditto -=] Ford [=- P.O. Box 1721 ford%kenobi@crash.CTS.COM Bonita, CA 92002 ford@crash.CTS.COM
egray@fthood.UUCP (02/08/88)
You need Mtools... Below is the 'Readme' file from the AT&T Unix PC distribution. Mtools has beeen posted to The Store!, comp.unix.sources, and unix-pc.sources. If you cannot get the source from a neighboring site, send me a note and I'll mail the source to you. Emmet P. Gray US Army, HQ III Corps & Fort Hood ...!ihnp4!uiucuxc!fthood!egray Attn: AFZF-DE-ENV Directorate of Engineering & Housing Environmental Management Office Fort Hood, TX 76544-5057 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a collection of MSDOS tools to allow you to read and write to MSDOS formatted diskettes from your AT&T Unix PC 7300. These commands are intended to replace the 'md_write' and 'msdos' commands that run under the User Agent. Mtools offers a significant advantage over the programs supplied with your PC 7300. For example, you can copy several files (or and entire diskette) with a single command, rather than the UA way of high lighting and clicking each file one at a time. The tools closely emulate MSDOS so that you don't have to learn another command interpreter... you can just close your eyes, pretend you're on a MSDOS machine, and everything will work as you'd expect. The following MSDOS commands are emulated: Mtool MSDOS name equivalent Description ----- ---- ----------- mdel DEL/ERASE delete a MSDOS file mdir DIR display a MSDOS directory mmd MD/MKDIR make a MSDOS sub directory mrd RD/RMDIR remove a MSDOS sub directory mread COPY read (copy) a MSDOS file to Unix mren REN/RENAME rename an existing MSDOS file mtype TYPE display contents of a MSDOS file mwrite COPY write (copy) a Unix file to MSDOS * CD change working directory * by use of an environmental variable
emigh@ncsugn.ncsu.edu (Ted H. Emigh) (02/09/88)
In article <187@mccc.UUCP> pjh@mccc.UUCP (Peter J. Holsberg) writes: >What are the UNIX commands on the 7300 for reading from and writing to >an MSDOS-formatted floppy disk? What you need is mtools, a set of utilities to manipulate MSDOS diskettes. You should be able to find it on a nearby archive site -- or I can send them to you. -- Ted H. Emigh, Dept. Genetics and Statistics, NCSU, Raleigh, NC uucp: mcnc!ncsuvx!ncsugn!emigh internet: emigh%ncsugn.ncsu.edu BITNET: NEMIGH@TUCC @ncsuvx.ncsu.edu:emigh@ncsugn.ncsu.edu
bob@pedsga.UUCP (02/09/88)
In article <2507@crash.cts.com> ford%kenobi@crash.CTS.COM (Michael Ditto) writes:
< about MS-DOS floppies on the 3b1 >
Speaking of which, does anybody out there know if it is possible to
format, read, and write 360k MS-DOS floppies? The reason I ask is that
I recently bought a copy of QuickC for my DOS-73 board and have discovered
that I cant back the damn thing up because it is larger than 320k.
Reading it seems to work ok, but I wonder if in fact I have managed to
read it successfully as it does not compile the sample programs.
I tried creating an 'iv' description file, but couldnt get one that produced
the desired result. Any help greatly appreciated.
Bob Weilerpsfales@ihlpe.ATT.COM (Pete Fales) (02/09/88)
In article <187@mccc.UUCP>, pjh@mccc.UUCP (Peter J. Holsberg) writes: > What are the UNIX commands on the 7300 for reading from and writing to > an MSDOS-formatted floppy disk? (I know I can do it with 'ua', but > ....) Thanks. A very nice set of commands to do this was posted here a while back. You could read files, type their contents, write files, delete files, and get directory listings. I can mail out copies or repost if there is enough interest If you want it DON'T POST. Send me mail. -- Peter Fales UUCP: ...ihnp4!ihlpe!psfales work: (312) 979-7784 AT&T Information Systems, IW 1Z-243 1100 E. Warrenville Rd., IL 60566
rlf@mtgzy.UUCP (XMRN10000[saf]-r.l.fletcher) (02/09/88)
> >What are the UNIX commands on the 7300 for reading from and writing to > >an MSDOS-formatted floppy disk? > What you need is mtools, a set of utilities to manipulate MSDOS diskettes. Ive never heard of mtools, are they different than /usr/bin/MsdosR.sh /usr/bin/MsdosW.sh, /usr/bin/MsdosF.sh ?
pjh@mccc.UUCP (Peter J. Holsberg) (02/10/88)
In article <2507@crash.cts.com> ford%kenobi@crash.CTS.COM (Michael Ditto) writes: |In article <187@mccc.UUCP> pjh@mccc.UUCP (Peter J. Holsberg) writes: |>What are the UNIX commands on the 7300 for reading from and writing to |>an MSDOS-formatted floppy disk? (I know I can do it with 'ua', but |>....) Thanks. | |Read Ms.Dos floppy: /usr/bin/msdos |Write Ms.Dos floppy: /usr/bin/md_write |Format Ms.Dos floppy: /usr/bin/md_format | |Note that all of these programs do bizarre things to the current window, |so you should probably run them with a program like "windy", or at least |be prepared to fix up the window afterwards. | Thanks, Mike. I tried these and had no problems with the windows. BUT, isn't there some way to emulate MSDOS's COPY A:*.* C: ??? This business of copying one file at a time sucks!! -- Peter Holsberg UUCP: {rutgers!}princeton!mccc!pjh Technology Division CompuServe: 70240,334 Mercer College GEnie: PJHOLSBERG Trenton, NJ 08690 Voice: 1-609-586-4800
eao@anumb.UUCP (e.a.olson) (02/10/88)
In article <187@mccc.UUCP> pjh@mccc.UUCP (Peter J. Holsberg) writes: >What are the UNIX commands on the 7300 for reading from and writing to >an MSDOS-formatted floppy disk? (I know I can do it with 'ua', but >....) Thanks. they are: /usr/bin/MsdosR.sh /usr/bin/MsdosW.sh /usr/bin/MsdosF.sh you'll generally find ua tools in /usr/bin/[A-Z]* Andy Hay +-----------------------------------------------+ AT&T-BL Ward Hill MA | Don't try to out-wierd ME, three-eyes! | ihnp4!mvuxq!adh +-----------------------------------------------+