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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA1839 ; Tue, 23 Feb 93 15:00:28 EST Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!sun-barr!cs.utexas.edu!tamsun.tamu.edu!news.utdallas.edu!corpgate!bnrgate!bnr.co.uk!pipex!demon!gtoal From: Graham Toal <gtoal@gtoal.com> Subject: Re: mread, mwrite, mformat, etc. docs? Message-ID: <C2tK9u.93n@demon.co.uk> Originator: gtoal@pizzabox.demon.co.uk Keywords: man mread mwrite /usr/local/bin/* Sender: news@demon.co.uk Nntp-Posting-Host: pizzabox.demon.co.uk Reply-To: Graham Toal <gtoal@gtoal.com> Organization: Cuddlehogs Anonymous References: <20FEB199314013373@ctrvx1.vanderbilt.edu> Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1993 22:10:38 GMT Lines: 17 In article <20FEB199314013373@ctrvx1.vanderbilt.edu> hodgesmp@ctrvx1.vanderbilt.edu (HODGESMP) writes: :mread b:*.* /tmp : :I get: : :mread: No match. mread 'b:*.*' /tmp possibly? :Must I mount the floppy before mread can take effect? Should I :reference the floppy by its devicename (e.g., /dev/fd1a)? Any :help (in absence of documentation) will be appreciated. The one that took me a long time to work out was that you have to su first to write to the floppy. G