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       mcd - change MSDOS directory

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       documentation, and may not be entirely accurate or complete.   See  the
       end of this man page for details.

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 ‘$HOME/.mcwd’.  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 ‘.mcwd’ files at logout.

See Also

       Mtools’ texinfo doc

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