Imported Upstream version 4.0.43

[platform/upstream/mtools.git] / mtools.tmpl.1

diff --git a/mtools.tmpl.1 b/mtools.tmpl.1
index 397d58c..dcb0a02 100644 (file)
--- a/mtools.tmpl.1
+++ b/mtools.tmpl.1
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 '\" t
-.TH mtools 1 "24Nov18" mtools-4.0.21
+.TH mtools 1 "21Mar23" mtools-4.0.43
 .SH Name
 mtools - utilities to access DOS disks in Unix.
 '\" t
@@ -36,26 +36,7 @@ Mtools can be found at the following places (and their mirrors):
 .nf
 .ft 3
 .in +0.3i
-http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/mtools/mtools-4.0.21.tar.gz
-http://mtools.linux.lu/mtools-4.0.21.tar.gz
-ftp://www.tux.org/pub/knaff/mtools/mtools-4.0.21.tar.gz
-ftp://ibiblio.unc.edu/pub/Linux/utils/disk-management/mtools-4.0.21.tar.gz
-.fi
-.in -0.3i
-.ft R
-.PP
- 
-\&\fR
-.PP
-Before reporting a bug, make sure that it has not yet been fixed in the
-Alpha patches which can be found at:
- 
-.nf
-.ft 3
-.in +0.3i
-http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/mtools/
-http://mtools.linux.lu/
-ftp://www.tux.org/pub/knaff/mtools
+http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/mtools/mtools-4.0.43.tar.gz
 .fi
 .in -0.3i
 .ft R
@@ -69,11 +50,10 @@ stands for the base version, \fIdd\fR for the day and \fImm\fR for the
 month. Due to a lack of space, I usually leave only the most recent
 patch.
 .PP
-There is an mtools mailing list at mtools @ tux.org .  Please
-send all bug reports to this list.  You may subscribe to the list by
-sending a message with 'subscribe mtools @ tux.org' in its
-body to majordomo @ tux.org . (N.B. Please remove the spaces
-around the "@" both times. I left them there in order to fool
+There is an mtools mailing list at info-mtools @ gnu.org .  Please
+send all bug reports to this list.  You may subscribe to the list at
+https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-mtools. (N.B. Please
+remove the spaces around the "@". I left them there in order to fool
 spambots.)  Announcements of new mtools versions will also be sent to
 the list, in addition to the Linux announce newsgroups.  The mailing
 list is archived at http://lists.gnu.org/pipermail/info-mtools/
@@ -102,13 +82,17 @@ All options use the \fR\&\f(CW-\fR (minus) as their first character, not
 Most mtools commands allow multiple filename parameters, which
 doesn't follow MS-DOS conventions, but which is more user-friendly.
 .PP
-Most mtools commands allow options that instruct them how to handle file
-name clashes. See section name clashes, for more details on these. All
-commands accept the \fR\&\f(CW-V\fR flags which prints the version, and most
-accept the \fR\&\f(CW-v\fR flag, which switches on verbose mode. In verbose
-mode, these commands print out the name of the MS-DOS files upon which
-they act, unless stated otherwise. See section Commands, for a description of
-the options which are specific to each command.
+Most mtools commands allow options that instruct them how to handle
+file name clashes. See section name clashes, for more details on these.
+.PP
+All commands accept the \fR\&\f(CW-i\fR flag which allows to specify an
+image file (See section drive letters).
+.PP
+All commands accept the \fR\&\f(CW-V\fR flag which prints the version, and
+most accept the \fR\&\f(CW-v\fR flag, which switches on verbose mode. In
+verbose mode, these commands print out the name of the MS-DOS files
+upon which they act, unless stated otherwise. See section Commands, for a
+description of the options which are specific to each command.
 .PP
 .SS Drive\ letters
 .PP
@@ -362,7 +346,7 @@ and not as Longfilename. However, if you then try to add LongFilename to
 the same directory, it is refused, because case is ignored for clash
 checks.
 .PP
-The VFAT file system allows to store the case of a filename in the
+The VFAT file system allows you to store the case of a filename in the
 attribute byte, if all letters of the filename are the same case, and if
 all letters of the extension are the same case too. Mtools uses this
 information when displaying the files, and also to generate the Unix
@@ -374,8 +358,8 @@ lower case Unix filenames.
 .PP
 .SS high\ capacity\ formats
 .PP
-Mtools supports a number of formats which allow to store more data on
-disk as usual. Due to different operating system abilities, these
+Mtools supports a number of formats which allow storage of more data on
+disk than usual. Due to different operating system abilities, these
 formats are not supported on all operating systems. Mtools recognizes
 these formats transparently where supported.
 .PP
@@ -386,8 +370,7 @@ specific tool. For Linux, suitable floppy tools can be found in the
 .nf
 .ft 3
 .in +0.3i
-\&\fR\&\f(CWftp://www.tux.org/pub/knaff/fdutils/.
-\&\fR\&\f(CWftp://ibiblio.unc.edu/pub/Linux/utils/disk-management/fdutils-*
+\&\fR\&\f(CWhttp://www.fdutils.linux.lu/.
 .fi
 .in -0.3i
 .ft R
@@ -426,7 +409,7 @@ many data bytes are in the sector. Thus, we save some space by using
 up header space once, whereas 8 sectors of 512 bytes have also 8
 headers, for the same amount of useful data.
 .PP
-This method allows to store up to 1992K on a 3 1/2 HD disk.
+This method permits storage of up to 1992K on a 3 1/2 HD disk.
 .PP
 Mtools supports these formats only on Linux.
 .PP
@@ -436,7 +419,7 @@ The 2m format was originally invented by Ciriaco Garcia de Celis. It
 also uses bigger sectors than usual in order to fit more data on the
 disk.  However, it uses the standard format (18 sectors of 512 bytes
 each) on the first cylinder, in order to make these disks easier to
-handle by DOS. Indeed this method allows to have a standard sized
+handle by DOS. Indeed this method allows you to have a standard sized
 boot sector, which contains a description of how the rest of the disk
 should be read.
 .PP
@@ -500,7 +483,6 @@ floppyd_installtest
 mattrib
 mbadblocks
 mcd
-mclasserase
 mcopy
 mdel
 mdeltree