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Options and filenames
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   MS-DOS filenames are composed of a drive letter followed by a colon,
a subdirectory, and a filename. Only the filename part is mandatory, the
drive letter and the subdirectory are optional. Filenames without a
drive letter refer to Unix files. Subdirectory names can use either the
'`/'' or '`\'' separator.  The use of the '`\'' separator or wildcards
requires the names to be enclosed in quotes to protect them from the
shell. However, wildcards in Unix filenames should not be enclosed in
quotes, because here we *want* the shell to expand them.

   The regular expression "pattern matching" routines follow the
Unix-style rules.  For example, ``*'' matches all MS-DOS files in lieu
of ``*.*''.  The archive, hidden, read-only and system attribute bits
are ignored during pattern matching.

   All options use the `-' (minus) as their first character, not `/' as
you'd expect in MS-DOS.

   Most mtools commands allow multiple filename parameters, which
doesn't follow MS-DOS conventions, but which is more user-friendly.

   Most mtools commands allow options that instruct them how to handle
file name clashes. Note: name clashes, for more details on these. All
commands accept the `-V' flags which prints the version, and most
accept the `-v' flag, which switches on verbose mode. In verbose mode,
these commands print out the name of the MS-DOS files upon which they
act, unless stated otherwise. Note: Commands, for a description of
the options which are specific to each command.