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mxtar(1)

mxtar1

Wrapper for using gnu tar directly from a floppy disk

Usage

mxtar [-] [tar-options] file

Overview

mxtar let you use GNU tar(1) on a floppy disk without mounting it using mtools(1). It is not strictly necessary on Debian GNU/Linux, because the GNU tar(1) 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.

History

  • Debian 13 (Trixie) to Debian 3.1 (Sarge): the text shown here
  • Debian 3.0 (Woody)

Author

Luis Bustamante <[email protected]> wrote this page for the Debian/GNU mtools package.

From mtools 4.0.48-1 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.