8.6.39 Utilities for foreign filesystems
Many foreign filesystems have Linux kernel support, and can thus be accessed
simply by mounting the devices containing the filesystems. For certain
filesystems, there are also a few specialized tools to access the filesystems
without mounting the devices. This is accomplished with user-space programs so
that kernel filesystem support is not needed.
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mtools: for MSDOS filesystem (MS-DOS, Windows)
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cpmtools: for CP/M filesystem
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hfsutils: for HFS filesystem (native Macintosh)
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hfsplus: for HFS+ filesystem (modern Macintosh)
In order to create and check an MS-DOS FAT filesystem, dosfstools
is useful.
