mcat.1

.TH mcat 1 "03Nov09" mtools-4.0.12
.SH Name
mcat - dump raw disk image
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.SH Note\ of\ warning
This manpage has been automatically generated from mtools's texinfo
documentation, and may not be entirely accurate or complete.  See the
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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
to the floppy device. It uses the following syntax:
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\&\fR\&\f(CWmcat\fR [\fR\&\f(CW-w\fR] \fIdrive\fR\fR\&\f(CW:\fR
.iX "p mcat"
.iX "c Copying an entire disk image"
.iX "c Disk image"
.iX "c Floppyd cat"
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\&\fR\&\f(CWMcat\fR performs the same task as the unix \fR\&\f(CWcat\fR command. It
is included into the mtools package, since \fR\&\f(CWcat\fR cannot access
remote floppy devices offered by the mtools floppy daemon.
Now it is possible to create boot floppies remotely.
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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 
stdin and writes it to the given device. 
\&\fBUse this carefully!\fR Because of the lowlevel nature of this 
command, it will happily destroy any data written before on the
disk without warning!
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.SH See\ Also
Mtools' texinfo doc
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