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'''Mtools''' is a [[free software]] [[Utility software|collection of utilities]] to allow a [[Unix]] operating system to manipulate files on an [[MS-DOS]] file system, typically a [[floppy disk]] or floppy disk image.<ref>https://www.gnu.org/software/mtools/ Homepage</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Mielewczik |first=Michael |title=mtools: DOS-Dateien unter Linux verwalten. |journal=Linux Intern |volume=1/1999 |pages=81}}</ref>

The mtools are part of the [[GNU Project]] and are released under the [[GNU General Public License]] (GPL-3.0-or-later).

== Usage ==
The following refers to mtools usage in floppy images. (Useful for virtual machines such as [[QEMU]] or [[VirtualBox]].)

Copying a file to floppy image:
<syntaxhighlight lang="console">$ mcopy -i Disk.img file_source ::file_target</syntaxhighlight>

Copying a file from floppy image to the current directory:
<syntaxhighlight lang="console">$ mcopy -i Disk.img ::file_source file_target</syntaxhighlight>

Deleting all files in the disk image
<syntaxhighlight lang="console">$ mdel -i Disk.img '::*.*'</syntaxhighlight>

The drive character <code>:</code> (colon) has a special meaning. It is used to access image files which are directly specified on the command line using the <code>-i</code> options.<ref name=uno>{{cite web|title=online linux man page|url=http://man.he.net/?topic=mtools&section=all|accessdate=31 July 2012}}</ref>

== See also ==
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* [[Disk image]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://www.gnu.org/software/mtools/ mtools official page] on the [[GNU]] website
* Boot disk images for DOS [http://www.allbootdisks.com/ DOS disk images]

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