MXTAR(1)

💾 MXTAR(1) — Mtools Users Manual 💾

okay so bestie, welcome to the mxtar page from the Mtools Users Manual! it’s giving “tiny wrapper, big floppy energy” and i’m obsessed. let’s go 💅

✨ NAME ✨

mxtar — a wrapper for using GNU tar directly from a floppy disk 💖

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

mxtar [ - ] [ tar-options ] file

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

mxtar lets you use GNU tar(1) on a floppy disk without mounting it, using mtools(1). no cap. ✨

On Debian GNU/Linux, it is not strictly necessary, 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 it is retained here for completeness. periodt. 🫶

👑 AUTHOR 👑

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

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• mtools(1)
• tar(1)
• mcopy(1)

that’s the whole page, bestie! this was MXTAR(1) from the Mtools Users Manual, dated Mon Mar 3 11:58:15 COT 2003. bye bye, slay responsibly 💅✨