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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA1776 ; Tue, 23 Feb 93 14:57:42 EST Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!haven.umd.edu!darwin.sura.net!news.Vanderbilt.Edu!ctrvx1.vanderbilt.edu!hodgesmp From: hodgesmp@ctrvx1.vanderbilt.edu (HODGESMP) Subject: mread, mwrite, mformat, etc. docs? Message-ID: <20FEB199314013373@ctrvx1.vanderbilt.edu> News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41 Keywords: man mread mwrite /usr/local/bin/* Sender: news@news.vanderbilt.edu Nntp-Posting-Host: ctrvax.vanderbilt.edu Organization: Vanderbilt University Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1993 20:01:00 GMT Lines: 27 Where can I find docs (e.g., man pages) for the commands located in /usr/local/bin? Particularly, I'm looking for more than simple usage apropos for mread, mwrite, mformat, etc. I assume that these utilities are included for manipulating MS-DOS filesystems, but I have been unable to make them work properly. For example, when I type: mread b:*.* /tmp I get: mread: No match. Must I mount the floppy before mread can take effect? Should I reference the floppy by its devicename (e.g., /dev/fd1a)? Any help (in absence of documentation) will be appreciated. I do, in fact, have some little experience with Unices, but the machinations involved in connecting Unix with micro devices are a bit beyond me. Thanx, Phillip McReynolds HODGESMP@CTRVAX.VANDERBILT.EDU MCREYNPA@CTRVAX.VANDERBILT.EDU