Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!udel!mmdf From: bunnell@asel.udel.edu (Tim Bunnell) Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Subject: Re: Better DOS programs, anyone? (so I can scrap doscp) Message-ID: <55552@nigel.ee.udel.edu> Date: 5 Jun 91 21:06:49 GMT Sender: mmdf@ee.udel.edu Lines: 19 I've seen several comments/questions lately about accessing DOS from Minix so this seems apropos: There is a package of PD programs for accessing DOS filesystems from Unix systems called mtools. With very little effort this package compiles (ACK compiler) and runs under (PC) Minix 1.5.10. It is a very complete set of utilities that allow reading writing, deleting, making directories, etc., pretty much the works. I've only really exercised the file copy and directory listing commands, but those have worked fine. The major change to mtools for MINIX was a bit of code to prevent requests for >=32768 bytes in read calls. I can send a copy of the patches I came up with for Minix to anyone who is interested. I'll post the patches if there is much interest. The mtools package is on cerl.cecer.army.mil (129.229.1.101) in pub/mtools and probably many other places as well. Tim Bunnell