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NAME

DOSIF - DOS interchange format

DESCRIPTION

The DOS Interchange Format (DOSIF) is the name given to the media format used by the DOS operating

system. This format is based upon that used in IBM PC and PC AT and HP Vectra systems.

Use the dos2ux and ux2dos commands to convert ﬁles between HP-UX and DOS ﬁle formats; see

dos2ux(1). 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. The

mount command

cannot be used on a DOSIF volume because the operating system does not recognize it (see mount(1M)).

When constructing ﬁle names for the 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

path_name

:ﬁle

Note : This ﬁle naming convention is suitable for use only in arguments of 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 is performed by the DOS utili-

ties, not by the shell. The dos*(1) utilities expand ﬁle names as described in regexp (5) in the PATTERN

MATCHING NOTATION section.

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

Example 1

Specify DOSIF ﬁle

/dos/ivy accessed through HP-UX special ﬁle /dev/rdsk/c1t1d0

/dev/rdsk/c1t1d0:/dos/ivy

Example 2

Specify DOSIF ﬁle /math accessed through the DOS volume stored as HP-UX ﬁle

/home/mydir/driveC

/home/mydir/driveC:/math

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dosif(4) dosif(4) NAME DOSIF - DOS interchange format DESCRIPTION The DOS Interchange Format (DOSIF) is the name given to the media format used by the DOS operating system. This format is based upon that used in IBM PC and PC AT and HP Vectra systems. Use the dos2ux and ux2dos commands to convert files between HP-UX and DOS file formats; see dos2ux (1). Use these utilities to retrieve information from a DOSIF volume.
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