mtools: global variables
3.4 Global variables
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Global flags may be set to 1 or to 0.
The following global flags are recognized:
`MTOOLS_SKIP_CHECK'
If this is set to 1, mtools skips most of its sanity checks. This
is needed to read some Atari disks which have been made with the
earlier ROMs, and which would not be recognized otherwise.
`MTOOLS_FAT_COMPATIBILITY'
If this is set to 1, mtools skips the fat size checks. Some disks
have a bigger FAT than they really need to. These are rejected if
this option is not set.
`MTOOLS_LOWER_CASE'
If this is set to 1, mtools displays all-upper-case short
filenames as lowercase. This has been done to allow a behavior
which is consistent with older versions of mtools which didn't
know about the case bits.
`MTOOLS_NO_VFAT'
If this is set to 1, mtools won't generate VFAT entries for
filenames which are mixed-case, but otherwise legal dos filenames.
This is useful when working with DOS versions which can't grok
VFAT long names, such as FreeDOS.
`MTOOLS_DOTTED_DIR'
In a wide directory, prints the short name with a dot instead of
spaces separating the basename and the extension.
`MTOOLS_NAME_NUMERIC_TAIL'
If this is set to one (default), generate numeric tails for all
long names (~1). If set to zero, only generate numeric tails if
otherwise a clash would have happened.
`MTOOLS_TWENTY_FOUR_HOUR_CLOCK'
If 1, uses the European notation for times (twenty four hour
clock), else uses the UK/US notation (am/pm)
Example: Inserting the following line into your configuration file
instructs mtools to skip the sanity checks:
MTOOLS_SKIP_CHECK=1
Global variables may also be set via the environment:
export MTOOLS_SKIP_CHECK=1
Global string variables may be set to any value:
`MTOOLS_DATE_STRING'
The format used for printing dates of files. By default, is
dd-mm-yyyy.
Info Catalog
mtools: default values
mtools: Configuration
mtools: per drive variables