minix/man/man1/doswrite.1
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.TH DOSWRITE 1
.SH NAME
doswrite \- write a file onto an MS-DOS diskette [IBM]
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBdoswrite\fR [\fB\-a\fR] \fIdrive \fIfile\fR
.br
.de FL
.TP
\\fB\\$1\\fR
\\$2
..
.de EX
.TP 20
\\fB\\$1\\fR
# \\$2
..
.SH OPTIONS
.FL "\-a" "ASCII file"
.SH EXAMPLES
.EX "doswrite A x/y <z" "Write file \fIz\fR to disk as \fIx/y\fR"
.EX "doswrite \-a B f" "Copy \fIstdin\fR to \s-2MS-DOS\s+2 file \fIf\fR"
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
.I Doswrite
writes its \fIstdin\fR to an \s-2MS-DOS\s+2 file.
The diskette or partition must be formatted and have an \s-2MS-DOS\s+2 file
system already in place, including all the directories leading up to the file.
See \fBdosdir\fR on the use of single letter drive codes.