[wplug] floppy

[Juan Zuluaga]

Why not just try mtools? I am sure it is already in
your system.
mdir
mcopy
mdel
from http://www.gnu.org/software/mtools/mtools.html
"Mtools is a public domain collection of tools to
allow Unix systems to manipulate MS-DOS files: read,
write, and move around files on an
MS-DOS filesystem (typically a floppy disk). Where
reasonable, each program attempts to emulate the
MS-DOS equivalent command.
However, unnecessary restrictions and oddities of DOS
are not emulated. For instance, it is possible to move
subdirectories from one
subdirectory to another. "  

However, from your original description of your goal
(to access files in the Windows partition, from Linux,
taking automatic care of the file permissions), you
may want to add a line to your /etc/fstab file. (There
was a relevant discussion on this a few days ago...)

If you just want to do it once or twice, then, as
root, you can mount the partition:
# mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt
(assuming /dev/hda1 is Windows 9X, /mnt has nothing
else, etc...)
# ls /mnt
# cp /mnt/MyDocs/FileYouWant.txt /home/amy
# chown amy /home/amy/FileYouWant.txt
# umount /mnt
# exit
$ vi FileYouWant.txt 

A suggestion, Amy: don't concentrate too much on the
specific GUI tools, since there may be all kinds of
desktops, and only recently they ae being
standardized.
 
> --__--__--
> 
> Message: 6
> From: "Amy D" <crosstuner at hotmail.com>
> To: wplug at wplug.org
> Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 00:02:10 +0000
> Subject: [wplug] floppy
> Reply-To: wplug at wplug.org
> 
> ok. found the floppy both in both interfaces (thank
> you!)
> Now to get it to let me do something.
> I couldn't paste a copied file into the floppy
> window, nor would vi let me 
> save there.
> 
> I imagine the floppy has to be formatted for linux?
> But I can't find a 
> formating option anywhere.
> 
> Is this Linux's way of saying "trash your evil
> windows system! We will not 
> let you take our data over there, loser!!"?




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