2 .TH mcat 1 "09Jan13" mtools-4.0.18
4 mcat - dump raw disk image
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23 The \fR\&\f(CWmcat\fR command is used to copy an entire disk image from or
24 to the floppy device. It uses the following syntax:
26 \&\fR\&\f(CWmcat\fR [\fR\&\f(CW-w\fR] \fIdrive\fR\fR\&\f(CW:\fR
28 \&\fR\&\f(CWMcat\fR performs the same task as the Unix \fR\&\f(CWcat\fR command. It
29 is included into the mtools package, since \fR\&\f(CWcat\fR cannot access
30 remote floppy devices offered by the mtools floppy daemon.
31 Now it is possible to create boot floppies remotely.
33 The default operation is reading. The output is written to stdout.
35 If the \fR\&\f(CW-w\fR option is specified, mcat reads a disk-image from
36 stdin and writes it to the given device.
37 \&\fBUse this carefully!\fR Because of the low-level nature of this
38 command, it will happily destroy any data written before on the
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