From: almesber@nessie.cs.id.ethz.ch (Werner Almesberger) Subject: Re: Mtools documentation (was Re: Clue?) Date: 5 Sep 1992 18:52:28 GMT
In article <1992Sep4.030734.17440@utdallas.edu> yuanyin@utdallas.edu (Yuan-Yin Wu) writes:
> With all the fuss about mtools, I'm wodering what's the point? With
> DOS fs, should mtools be obsolete? (except perhaps, mformat).
Well, partially, yes. But there are a few cases where you still might want
to have Mtools around (besides mformat):
- it's a backup if you hit a bug in the MS-DOS FS.
- handling is slightly easier if you only want to perform one or two
operations on a disk.
- some operations are faster than with the MS-DOS FS.
- mattrib can change all attribute bits, including "sys" and "hidden".
- mlabel can't be emulated by the MS-DOS FS.
But for starters who only want to get at their downloaded files, the
MS-DOS FS should be all that's needed.
- Werner
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