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diff --git a/upstream/opensuse-leap-15-6/man1/mcat.1 b/upstream/opensuse-leap-15-6/man1/mcat.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..6071cac6 --- /dev/null +++ b/upstream/opensuse-leap-15-6/man1/mcat.1 @@ -0,0 +1,100 @@ +'\" t +.TH mcat 1 "21Mar23" mtools-4.0.43 +.SH Name +mcat - dump raw disk image +'\" t +.de TQ +.br +.ns +.TP \\$1 +.. + +.tr \(is' +.tr \(if` +.tr \(pd" + +.SH Note\ of\ warning +This manpage has been automatically generated from mtools's texinfo +documentation, and may not be entirely accurate or complete. See the +end of this man page for details. +.PP +.SH Description +.PP +The \fR\&\f(CWmcat\fR command is used to copy an entire disk image from or +to the floppy device. It uses the following syntax: +.PP +\&\fR\&\f(CWmcat\fR [\fR\&\f(CW-w\fR] \fIdrive\fR\fR\&\f(CW:\fR +.PP +\&\fR\&\f(CWMcat\fR performs the same task as the Unix \fR\&\f(CWcat\fR command. It +is included into the mtools package, since \fR\&\f(CWcat\fR cannot access +remote floppy devices offered by the mtools floppy daemon. +Now it is possible to create boot floppies remotely. +.PP +The default operation is reading. The output is written to stdout. +.PP +If the \fR\&\f(CW-w\fR option is specified, mcat reads a disk-image from +stdin and writes it to the given device. +\&\fBUse this carefully!\fR Because of the low-level nature of this +command, it will happily destroy any data written before on the +disk without warning! +.PP +.SH See\ Also +Mtools' texinfo doc +.SH Viewing\ the\ texi\ doc +This manpage has been automatically generated from mtools's texinfo +documentation. However, this process is only approximative, and some +items, such as crossreferences, footnotes and indices are lost in this +translation process. Indeed, these items have no appropriate +representation in the manpage format. Moreover, not all information has +been translated into the manpage version. Thus I strongly advise you to +use the original texinfo doc. See the end of this manpage for +instructions how to view the texinfo doc. +.TP +* \ \ +To generate a printable copy from the texinfo doc, run the following +commands: + +.nf +.ft 3 +.in +0.3i + ./configure; make dvi; dvips mtools.dvi +.fi +.in -0.3i +.ft R +.PP + +\&\fR +.TP +* \ \ +To generate a html copy, run: + +.nf +.ft 3 +.in +0.3i + ./configure; make html +.fi +.in -0.3i +.ft R +.PP + +\&\fRA premade html can be found at +\&\fR\&\f(CW\(ifhttp://www.gnu.org/software/mtools/manual/mtools.html\(is\fR +.TP +* \ \ +To generate an info copy (browsable using emacs' info mode), run: + +.nf +.ft 3 +.in +0.3i + ./configure; make info +.fi +.in -0.3i +.ft R +.PP + +\&\fR +.PP +The texinfo doc looks most pretty when printed or as html. Indeed, in +the info version certain examples are difficult to read due to the +quoting conventions used in info. +.PP |