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diff --git a/README.BEBOX b/README.BEBOX new file mode 100644 index 0000000..29e6bfa --- /dev/null +++ b/README.BEBOX @@ -0,0 +1,126 @@ +% Copyright 1997 Marco Nelissen. +% Copyright 1996-1998,2001,2002,2009 Alain Knaff. +% This documentation is for Mtools which is a collection of tools to +% allow Unix systems to manipulate MS-DOS files. + +% Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document +% under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or +% any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no +% Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover +% Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled +% ``GNU Free Documentation License''. + + + +NOTE: THIS FILE ONLY REFERS TO THE BEBOX. IF YOU ARE USING UNIX, +REFER TO README. + + +This is mtools 3.6 for BeOS DR9. This release will no longer work on +DR8, which should be no problem since everybody should have upgraded +to DR9 by now. mtools 3.6 can be used as a replacement for the +version 2.0.7 mtools supplied with BeOS. mtools 3.6 supports the VFAT +filesystem (long filenames), which the Be-supplied tools do not. + +To install: + +- build the executables: type "make -f Makefile.Be" in the mtools + directory. Again, this instruction is only for the Bebox, not for any + kind of Unix. They should compile without any warnings or errors. + + WARNING: do NOT rerun the configure script. Although DR9 bash will +no longer lock up when running the configure script, the resulting +files are not entirely correct, and mtools will fail to compile. I +have hand-crafted a config.h that can be used to compile mtools. This +will be used if you just type "make -f Makefile.Be" + +- copy the "mtools" executable (and perhaps also "mkmanifest") to /bin, + or to another directory in your path. + +Since all of the mtools-commands are contained within a single +executable, you must either define aliases for each command, or create +links for them. + +To create aliases, add the following lines to the file /boot/.profile + +alias mattrib="mtools -c mattrib" +alias mbadblocks="mtools -c mbadblocks" +alias mcd="mtools -c mcd" +alias mcopy="mtools -c mcopy" +alias mdel="mtools -c mdel" +alias mdeltree="mtools -c mdeltree" +alias mdir="mtools -c mdir" +alias mformat="mtools -c mformat" +alias minfo="mtools -c minfo" +alias mlabel="mtools -c mlabel" +alias mmd="mtools -c mmd" +alias mmount="mtools -c mmount" +alias mrd="mtools -c mrd" +alias mmove="mtools -c mmove" +alias mpartition="mtools -c mpartition" +alias mren="mtools -c mren" +alias mtoolstest="mtools -c mtoolstest" +alias mtest="mtools -c mtest" +alias mtype="mtools -c mtype" +alias mzip="mtools -c mzip" + + (then close and re-open all terminals and shells, or type +". /boot/.profile" in each open terminal to activate the +aliases. Optional: remove the old mtools from the /bin directory) + + +To create links, open a shell, and type the following commands +(assuming you copied the mtools executable to /bin): + +cd /bin +rm mattrib mcd mcopy mdel mdir mformat mkmanifest mlabel mmd mrd mread mren mtype mwrite +ln -s mtools mattrib +ln -s mtools mbadblocks +ln -s mtools mcd +ln -s mtools mcopy +ln -s mtools mdel +ln -s mtools mdeltree +ln -s mtools mdir +ln -s mtools mformat +ln -s mtools minfo +ln -s mtools mlabel +ln -s mtools mmd +ln -s mtools mmount +ln -s mtools mrd +ln -s mtools mread +ln -s mtools mmove +ln -s mtools mpartition +ln -s mtools mren +ln -s mtools mtoolstest +ln -s mtools mtest +ln -s mtools mtype +ln -s mtools mwrite +ln -s mtools mzip + + +Alternatively, make multiple copies of the "mtools" executable and use +the names mdir, mdel etcetera. + +- if you want more than just floppy support, you need to make a configuration + file. An example mtools.conf.be is included in the distribution. + mtools looks in a number of standard places for its config file, such as: + /boot/.mtoolsrc + /boot/mtools.conf + /boot/system/mtools.conf + By defining the variable MTOOLSRC you can give the config file any name you + like and put it at any location. + + You need to add something like "export MTOOLSRC=/conf/mtools.cfg" to + your .profile file. + + Take care to remove or change the entries that you don't need. The provided + mtools.conf is for unix systems, with some BeOS settings at the end. + The sample entry for a ZIP disk on the BeOS has been provided by + Chris Herborth + (chrish@qnx.com). + + +- enjoy! + +Marco Nelissen <marcone@xs4all.nl> +Alain Knaff <alain@knaff.lu> |