{
  "id": "mtools",
  "name": "mtools",
  "homepage": "https://www.gnu.org/software/mtools/",
  "description": "A collection of utilities to access MS-DOS disks from Unix.",
  "executables": [
    "mcopy",
    "mdir",
    "mformat"
  ],
  "dotfiles": {
    "paths": [
      "~/.mtoolsrc"
    ],
    "exclude": [],
    "secret": [],
    "side_effect": false
  },
  "commands": {
    "format": 1,
    "label": "Copy files (mcopy)",
    "description": "Copy files between Unix and an MS-DOS disk or image with mcopy. Only the text-mode and overwrite options are offered; recursive and other flags are left out.",
    "quality": "ai-draft",
    "parser": {
      "end_of_options": "--",
      "interleave": "permute",
      "long_equals": false,
      "short_attached": false,
      "short_bundles": false
    },
    "source": [
      {
        "id": "manual",
        "kind": "manual",
        "url": "https://www.gnu.org/software/mtools/manual/mtools.html",
        "revision": "2026-10",
        "evidence": "mcopy [-bspanvmQT] [-D clash_option] sourcefile targetfile\nmcopy [-bspanvmQT] [-D clash_option] sourcefile [ sourcefiles… ] targetdirectory\nmcopy [-tnvm] MSDOSsourcefile\nText (ASCII) file transfer. Same as t above.\nText (ASCII) file transfer with character set conversion.  Differs from -a in the ASCII also translates incoming PC-8 characters\nIf the target file already exists, and the -n option is not in effect, mcopy asks whether to overwrite the file\n"
      }
    ],
    "field": [
      {
        "id": "source",
        "label": "Source",
        "description": "Files to copy. A drive letter such as a: marks an MS-DOS side.",
        "type": "string",
        "position": 0,
        "min": 1,
        "multiple": true,
        "sources": [
          "manual"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "target",
        "label": "Target",
        "description": "Target file or directory; a drive letter such as a: marks an MS-DOS side.",
        "type": "string",
        "position": 1,
        "min": 1,
        "sources": [
          "manual"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "ascii",
        "label": "Text transfer (CR/LF conversion)",
        "type": "boolean",
        "option": [
          "-a"
        ],
        "sources": [
          "manual"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "no_confirm",
        "label": "No confirmation when overwriting Unix files",
        "type": "boolean",
        "option": [
          "-n"
        ],
        "effect": "overwrite",
        "sources": [
          "manual"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "task": [
      {
        "id": "copy",
        "label": "Copy files",
        "fields": [
          "source",
          "target"
        ],
        "required": [
          "source",
          "target"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "copy_text",
        "label": "Copy as text",
        "fields": [
          "source",
          "target",
          "no_confirm"
        ],
        "required": [
          "source",
          "target"
        ],
        "set": {
          "ascii": [
            true
          ]
        }
      }
    ],
    "group": [
      {
        "id": "basic",
        "label": "Basic",
        "fields": [
          "source",
          "target"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "advanced",
        "label": "Advanced",
        "fields": [
          "ascii",
          "no_confirm"
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}