mcd

mcd(1)                                                                  mcd(1)



Name
       mcd - change MSDOS directory



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.


Description
       The  mcd  command is used to change the mtools working directory on the
       MS-DOS disk. It uses the following syntax:


          mcd [msdosdirectory]



       Without arguments, mcd reports the current device  and  working  direc-
       tory.   Otherwise,  mcd  changes the current device and current working
       directory relative to an MS-DOS filesystem.

       The environmental variable MCWD may be used to locate  the  file  where
       the  device  and  current working directory information is stored.  The
       default is `$HOME/.mcwd'.  Information in this file is ignored  if  the
       file is more than 6 hours old.

       Mcd returns 0 on success or 1 on failure.

       Unlike  MS-DOS  versions  of  CD,  mcd can be used to change to another
       device. It may be wise to remove old `.mcwd' files at logout.


See Also
       Mtools' texinfo doc

Viewing the texi doc
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       items, such as crossreferences, footnotes and indices are lost in  this
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       the original texinfo doc.  See the end of this manpage for instructions
       how to view the texinfo doc.

       *      To  generate a printable copy from the texinfo doc, run the fol-
              lowing commands:

                     ./configure; make dvi; dvips mtools.dvi



       *      To generate a html copy,  run:

                     ./configure; make html

              A premade html can be  found  at:  `http://mtools.linux.lu'  and
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       *      To  generate  an  info  copy (browsable using emacs' info mode),
              run:

                     ./configure; make info



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       the  info  version  certain  examples  are difficult to read due to the
       quoting conventions used in info.




mtools-3.9.8                        02Jun01                             mcd(1)