NAME¶
hcopy - copy files from or to an HFS volume
SYNOPSIS¶
hcopy [-m|-b|-t|-r|-a]
source-path [...]
target-path
DESCRIPTION¶
hcopy transfers files from an HFS volume to UNIX or vice versa. The named
source files are copied to the named destination target, which must be a
directory if multiple files are to be copied.
Copies are performed using a translation mode, which must be one of:
- -m
- MacBinary II: A popular format for binary file transfer. Both forks
of the Macintosh file are preserved. This is the recommended mode for
transferring arbitrary Macintosh files.
- -b
- BinHex: An alternative format for ASCII file transfer. Both forks
of the Macintosh file are preserved.
- -t
- Text: Performs end-of-line translation. Only the data fork of the
Macintosh file is copied.
- -r
- Raw Data: Performs no translation. Only the data fork of the
Macintosh file is copied.
- -a
- Automatic: A mode will be chosen automatically for each file based
on a set of predefined heuristics.
If no mode is specified, -a is assumed.
If a UNIX source pathname is specified as a single dash (-),
hcopy will
copy from standard input to the HFS destination. Likewise, a single dash used
as a UNIX destination pathname will cause
hcopy to copy the HFS source
to standard output.
NOTES¶
Copied files may have their filenames altered during translation. For example,
an appropriate file extension may be added or removed, and certain other
characters may also be transliterated.
The destination target must not be ambiguous; that is, it must be obvious
whether the target is on the UNIX filesystem or on an HFS volume. As a rule,
HFS targets must contain at least one colon (:), usually as the beginning of a
relative pathname or by itself to represent the current working directory. To
make a UNIX target unambiguous, either use an absolute pathname or precede a
relative pathname with a dot and slash (./).
SEE ALSO¶
hfsutils(1),
hls(1),
hattrib(1)
AUTHOR¶
Robert Leslie <rob@mars.org>