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dosif(4) dosif(4)
NAME
DOSIF - DOS Interchange Format description
DESCRIPTION
The commands
doschmod, doscp, dosdf,
dosls, dosll, dosmkdir, dosrm, and dosrmdir are
targeted for removal from HP-UX. Use the
dos2ux and ux2dos commands to convert files between
HP-UX and DOS file formats; see dos2ux(1).
DOSIF (DOS Interchange Format) is the name given to the media format used by the DOS operating sys-
tem. This format is based upon that used in IBM PC and PC AT and HP Vectra systems.
The DOS utilities described in Section 1 (referred to hereafter as dos*(1)) are provided for reading data
from and writing data to DOSIF volumes. Use these utilities to retrieve information from a DOSIF
volume.
The dos*(1) utilities are the only HP-UX commands that can interact directly with the contents of a
DOSIF volume. The only other way to interact with the contents of a DOSIF volume is to use an HP-UX
DOS emulation or coprocessor facility such as SoftPC or the DOS Coprocessor.
mount cannot be used on
a DOSIF volume because the operating system does not recognize it (see mount (1M)).
When constructing file names for dos*(1) commands, start with the HP-UX path name of the DOSIF
volume, then add a colon (
:) followed by the file name:
device_file
:file
or
path_name
:file
Note : This file naming convention is suitable for use only in arguments to the dos*(1) utilities. It does
not constitute a legal path name for any other use in HP-UX applications.
Metacharacters
*,
?, and [ ... ] can be used when specifying both HP-UX and DOS file names. These
must be quoted when specifying a DOS file name, because file name expansion must be performed by the
DOS utilities, not by the shell. The dos*(1) utilities expand file names as described in regexp (5) under
PATTERN MATCHING NOTATION.
By convention, if the HP-UX device name and a trailing colon are specified, but no file or directory name
is provided (for example,
/dev/rdsk/c1t1d0:
), the root (/) of the DOS file system is assumed.
EXAMPLES
Specify DOSIF file
/dos/ivy accessed through HP-UX special file /dev/rdsk/c1t1d0
:
/dev/rdsk/c1t1d0:/dos/ivy
Specify DOSIF file /math accessed through the DOS volume stored as HP-UX file
/home/mydir/driveC
:
/home/mydir/driveC:/math
SEE ALSO
dos2ux(1), doschmod(1), doscp(1), dosdf(1), dosls(1), dosmkdir(1), dosrm(1).
Section 4−−44 Hewlett-Packard Company − 1 − HP-UX 11i Version 2: August 2003