mtools
{{Infobox Software
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| developer = The GNU Project
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| operating system = Unix-like
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| license = GPL-3.0-or-later
| website = {{URL|https://www.gnu.org/software/mtools/}}
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Mtools is a free software collection of utilities to allow a Unix operating system to manipulate files on an MS-DOS file system, typically a floppy disk or floppy disk image.https://www.gnu.org/software/mtools/ Homepage{{Cite journal |last=Mielewczik |first=Michael |title=mtools: DOS-Dateien unter Linux verwalten. |journal=Linux Intern |volume=1/1999 |pages=81}}
The mtools are part of the GNU Project and are released under the GNU General Public License (GPL-3.0-or-later).
Usage
The following refers to mtools usage in floppy images. (Useful for virtual machines such as QEMU or VirtualBox.)
Copying a file to floppy image:
Copying a file from floppy image to the current directory:
Deleting all files in the disk image
The drive character : (colon) has a special meaning. It is used to access image files which are directly specified on the command line using the -i options.{{cite web|title=online linux man page|url=http://man.he.net/?topic=mtools§ion=all|accessdate=31 July 2012}}
See also
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References
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External links
- [https://www.gnu.org/software/mtools/ mtools official page] on the GNU website
- Boot disk images for DOS [http://www.allbootdisks.com/ DOS disk images]
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