


NOTE: THIS FILE ONLY REFERS TO THE BEBOX.  IF YOU ARE USING UNIX,
REFER TO README.


This is mtools 3.6 for BeOS DR9. This release will no longer work on
DR8, which should be no problem since everybody should have upgraded
to DR9 by now.  mtools 3.6 can be used as a replacement for the
version 2.0.7 mtools supplied with BeOS.  mtools 3.6 supports the VFAT
filesystem (long filenames), which the Be-supplied tools do not.

To install:

- build the executables: type "make -f Makefile.Be" in the mtools
  directory. Again, this instruction is only for the Bebox, not for any
  kind of Unix. They should compile without any warnings or errors.

  WARNING: do NOT rerun the configure script. Although DR9 bash will
no longer lock up when running the configure script, the resulting
files are not entirely correct, and mtools will fail to compile.  I
have hand-crafted a config.h that can be used to compile mtools. This
will be used if you just type "make -f Makefile.Be"

- copy the "mtools" executable (and perhaps also "mkmanifest") to /bin,
  or to another directory in your path.

Since all of the mtools-commands are contained within a single
executable, you must either define aliases for each command, or create
links for them.

To create aliases, add the following lines to the file /boot/.profile

alias mattrib="mtools -c mattrib"
alias mbadblocks="mtools -c mbadblocks"
alias mcd="mtools -c mcd"
alias mcopy="mtools -c mcopy"
alias mdel="mtools -c mdel"
alias mdeltree="mtools -c mdeltree"
alias mdir="mtools -c mdir"
alias mformat="mtools -c mformat"
alias minfo="mtools -c minfo"
alias mlabel="mtools -c mlabel"
alias mmd="mtools -c mmd"
alias mmount="mtools -c mmount"
alias mrd="mtools -c mrd"
alias mread="mtools -c mread"
alias mmove="mtools -c mmove"
alias mpartition="mtools -c mpartition"
alias mren="mtools -c mren"
alias mtoolstest="mtools -c mtoolstest"
alias mtest="mtools -c  mtest"
alias mtype="mtools -c mtype"
alias mwrite="mtools -c mwrite"
alias mzip="mtools -c mzip"

 (then close and re-open all terminals and shells, or type
". /boot/.profile" in each open terminal to activate the
aliases. Optional: remove the old mtools from the /bin directory)


To create links, open a shell, and type the following commands
(assuming you copied the mtools executable to /bin):

cd /bin
rm mattrib mcd mcopy mdel mdir mformat mkmanifest mlabel mmd mrd mread mren mtype mwrite
ln -s mtools mattrib
ln -s mtools mbadblocks
ln -s mtools mcd
ln -s mtools mcopy
ln -s mtools mdel
ln -s mtools mdeltree
ln -s mtools mdir
ln -s mtools mformat
ln -s mtools minfo
ln -s mtools mlabel
ln -s mtools mmd
ln -s mtools mmount
ln -s mtools mrd
ln -s mtools mread
ln -s mtools mmove
ln -s mtools mpartition
ln -s mtools mren
ln -s mtools mtoolstest
ln -s mtools mtest
ln -s mtools mtype
ln -s mtools mwrite
ln -s mtools mzip


Alternatively, make multiple copies of the "mtools" executable and use
the names mdir, mdel etcetera.

- if you want more than just floppy support, you need to make a configuration
  file. An example mtools.conf.be is included in the distribution.
  mtools looks in a number of standard places for its config file, such as:
  /boot/.mtoolsrc
  /boot/mtools.conf
  /boot/system/mtools.conf
  By defining the variable MTOOLSRC you can give the config file any name you
  like and put it at any location.

  You need to add something like "export MTOOLSRC=/conf/mtools.cfg" to
  your .profile file.

  Take care to remove or change the entries that you don't need. The provided
  mtools.conf is for unix systems, with some BeOS settings at the end.
  The sample entry for a ZIP disk on the BeOS has been provided by
  Chris Herborth
  (chrish@qnx.com). 


- enjoy!

Marco Nelissen <marcone@xs4all.nl>
Alain Knaff <Alain.Knaff@poboxes.com>
