Manual - Section 1: mcd

Name

mcd - change MSDOS directory

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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 directory. 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

oo$HOME/.mcwdI

. 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

oo.mcwdI

files at logout.

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