---
name: "mcomp"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "mtools"
version: "4.0.48-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/mcomp"
---

# mcomp(1)

Compares two files using mtools

## NAME

mcomp - Compares two files using mtools

## SYNOPSIS

**mcomp** *file-on-floppy* *local-file*

## DESCRIPTION

**mcomp** compares two files, the first one must be on a floppy disk so it can be accessed via **mtools**. It is not strictly necessary on Debian GNU/Linux, because the diffutils [**cmp**(1)](/cmp/1.md) program provides the same capability after copying the file locally with

**mcopy** *file* *destination*

but this utility is provided in the mtools package for other platforms and  is retained here for completeness.

## AUTHOR

Luis Bustamante \<luferbu@fluidsignal.com\> wrote this page for the *Debian/GNU* mtools package.

## SEE ALSO

[**mtools**(1)](/mtools/1.md), [**cmp**(1)](/cmp/1.md), [**mcopy**(1)](/mcopy/1.md)