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diff --git a/usr/src/man/man7fs/pcfs.7fs b/usr/src/man/man7fs/pcfs.7fs deleted file mode 100644 index de0a2ee73c..0000000000 --- a/usr/src/man/man7fs/pcfs.7fs +++ /dev/null @@ -1,540 +0,0 @@ -.\" -.\" Copyright (c) 2007 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. -.\" Copyright 2021 Oxide Computer Company -.\" -.\" The contents of this file are subject to the terms of the -.\" Common Development and Distribution License (the "License"). -.\" You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. -.\" -.\" You can obtain a copy of the license at usr/src/OPENSOLARIS.LICENSE -.\" or http://www.opensolaris.org/os/licensing. -.\" See the License for the specific language governing permissions -.\" and limitations under the License. -.\" -.\" When distributing Covered Code, include this CDDL HEADER in each -.\" file and include the License file at usr/src/OPENSOLARIS.LICENSE. -.\" If applicable, add the following below this CDDL HEADER, with the -.\" fields enclosed by brackets "[]" replaced with your own identifying -.\" information: Portions Copyright [yyyy] [name of copyright owner] -.\" -.Dd November 29, 2021 -.Dt PCFS 7FS -.Os -.Sh NAME -.Nm pcfs -.Nd FAT formatted file system -.Sh SYNOPSIS -.In sys/param.h -.In sys/mount.h -.In sys/fs/pc_fs.h -.Ft int -.Fo mount -.Fa "const char *spec" -.Fa "const char *dir" -.Fa "int mflag" -.Fa \(dqpcfs\(dq -.Fa NULL -.Fa 0 -.Fa "const char *optptr" -.Fa "int optlen" -.Fc -.Sh DESCRIPTION -.Nm -is a file system type that enables direct access to files on FAT formatted disks -from within the SunOS operating system. -.Pp -Once mounted, -.Nm -provides standard file operations and semantics. -Using -.Nm -you can create, delete, read, and write files on a FAT formatted disk. -You can also create and delete directories and list files in a directory. -.Pp -.Nm -supports FAT12 (floppies) and FAT16 and FAT32 file systems. -.Pp -.Nm -file systems can be force umounted using the -.Fl -f -argument to -.Xr umount 1M . -.Pp -The -.Nm -file system contained on the block special file identified by -.Fa spec -is mounted on the directory identified by -.Fa dir . -.Fa spec -and -.Fa dir -are pointers to pathnames. -.Fa mflag -specifies the -.Fa mount -options. -The -.Dv MS_DATA -bit in -.Fa mflag -must be set. -Mount options can be passed to -.Nm -using the optptr and optlen arguments. -See -.Xr mount_pcfs 1M -for a list of mount options supported by -.Nm -.Pp -Because FAT formatted media can record file timestamps between January 1st 1980 -and December 31st 2127, it's not possible to fully represent UNIX -.Vt time_t -in -.Nm -for 32 bit or 64 bit programs. -In particular, if post-2038 timestamps are present on a FAT formatted medium and -.Nm -returns these, 32bit applications may unexpectedly fail with -.Er EOVERFLOW -errors. -To prevent this, the default behaviour of -.Nm -has been modified to clamp -post-2038 timestamps to the latest possible value for a 32bit -.Vt time_t , -which is January 19th 2038, 03:14:06 UTC when setting and retrieving file -timestamps. -You can override this behavior using the -.Ar noclamptime -mount option, as described in -.Xr mount_pcfs 1M . -.Pp -Timestamps on FAT formatted media are recorded in local time. -If the recording and receiving systems use different timezones, the -representation of timestamps shown on the two systems for the same medium might -vary. -To correct this, -.Nm -provides a timezone mount option to force interpretation -of timestamps as read from a FAT formatted medium in a given timezone -.Pq that of the recorder . -By default, the local timezone of the receiver is used. -See -.Xr mount_pcfs 1M -for details. -.Pp -The root directory of a FAT formatted medium has no timestamps and -.Nm -returns the time when the mount was done as timestamp for the root of the -filesystem. -.Pp -The FAT filesystem doesn't support multiple links. -As a result, the link count -for all files and directories in -.Nm -is hard-coded as -.Dq 1 . -.Ss Mounting File Systems -Use the following command to mount -.Nm -from diskette: -.Bd -literal -offset indent -mount -F pcfs device-special directory-name -.Ed -.Pp -You can use: -.Bd -literal -offset indent -mount directory-name -.Ed -if the following line is in your -.Pa /etc/vfstab -file: -.Bd -literal -offset indent -device-special - directory-name pcfs - no rw -.Ed -.Pp -Use the following command to mount -.Nm -from non-diskette media: -.Bd -literal -offset indent -mount -F pcfs device-special:logical-drive directory-name -.Ed -.Pp -You can use: -.Bd -literal -offset indent -mount directory-name -.Ed -if the following line is in your -.Pa /etc/vfstab -file: -.Bd -literal -offset indent -device-special:logical_drive - directory-name pcfs - no rw -.Ed -.Pp -.Ar device-special -specifies the special block device file for the diskette -.Pq Pa /dev/disketteN -or the entire hard disk -.Po -Pa /dev/dsk/cNtNdNp0 -for a SCSI, SATA, NVME disk, and -.Pa /dev/dsk/cNdNp0 -for IDE disks -.Pc -or the PCMCIA pseudo-floppy memory card -.Pq Pa /dev/dsk/cNtNdNsN . -.Pp -.Ar logical-drive -specifies either the DOS logical drive letter -.Po -.Sy c -through -.Sy z -.Pc -or a drive number -.Pq 1 through 24 . -Drive letter -.Sy c -is equivalent to drive number -.Sy 1 -and represents the Primary DOS partition on the disk; drive letters -.Sy d -through -.Sy z -are equivalent to drive numbers -.Sy 2 -through -.Sy 24 , -and represent DOS drives within the Extended FAT partition. -Note that -.Ar device-special -and -.Ar logical-drive -must be separated by a colon. -.Pp -.Ar directory-name -specifies the location where the file system is mounted. -.Pp -For example, to mount the Primary DOS partition from a SCSI hard disk, -use: -.Bd -literal -offset indent -mount -F pcfs /dev/dsk/cNtNdNp0:c /pcfs/c -.Ed -.Pp -To mount the first logical drive in the Extended DOS partition from an IDE hard -disk, use: -.Bd -literal -offset indent -mount -F pcfs /dev/dsk/cNdNp0:d /pcfs/d -.Ed -.Pp -To mount a DOS diskette in the first floppy drive when volume management is not -running use: -.Bd -literal -offset indent -mount -F pcfs /dev/diskette /pcfs/a -.Ed -.Pp -If Volume Management is running, run -.Xr volcheck 1 -to automatically mount the floppy and some removable disks. -.Pp -To mount a PCMCIA pseudo-floppy memory card, with Volume Management not running -.Pq or not managing the PCMCIA media , -use: -.Bd -literal -offset indent -mount -F pcfs /dev/dsk/cNtNdNsN /pcfs -.Ed -.Ss "Conventions" -Files and directories created through -.Nm -must comply with either the FAT short file name convention or the long file name -convention introduced with Windows 95. -The FAT short file name convention is of the form -.Pa filename[.ext] , -where -.Em filename -generally consists of from one to eight upper-case characters, while the -optional -.Em ext -consists of from one to three upper-case characters. -.Pp -The long file name convention is much closer to illumos file names. -A long file name can consist of any characters valid in a short file name, -lowercase letters, non-leading spaces, the characters -.Sy +,;=[] , -any number of periods, and can be up to 255 characters long. -Long file names have an associated short file name for systems that do not -support long file names. -The short file name is not visible if the system recognizes long file names. -.Nm -generates a unique short name automatically when creating a long file name. -.Pp -Given a long file name such as -.Pa This is a really long filename.TXT , -the short file name will generally be of the form -.Pa THISIS~N\&.TXT , -where -.Em N -is a number. -The long file name will probably get the short name -.Pa THISIS~1.TXT , -or -.Pa THISIS~2.TXT -if -.Pa THISIS~1.TXT -already exits -.Po or -.Pa THISIS~3.TXT -if both exist, and so forth -.Pc . -If you use -.Nm -file systems on systems that do not support long file names, you may want to -continue following the short file name conventions. -See -.Sx EXAMPLES . -.Pp -When creating a file name, -.Nm -creates a short file name if it fits the FAT short file name format, otherwise -it creates a long file name. -This is because long file names take more directory space. -Because the root directory of a -.Nm -file system is fixed size, long file names in the root directory should be -avoided if possible. -.Pp -When displaying file names, -.Nm -shows them exactly as they are on the media. -This means that short names are displayed as uppercase and long file names -retain their case. -Earlier versions of -.Nm -folded all names to lowercase, which can be forced with the -.Dv PCFS_MNT_FOLDCASE -mount option. -All file name searches within -.Nm , -however, are treated as if they were uppercase, so -.Pa readme.txt -and -.Pa ReAdMe.TxT -refer to the same file. -.Pp -To format a diskette or a PCMCIA pseudo-floppy memory card in FAT format in the -SunOS system, use either the -.Xr fdformat 1 -.Fl -d -or the DOS -.Sy FORMAT -command. -.Ss Boot Partitions -On x86 systems, hard drives may contain an fdisk partition reserved for the boot -utilities. -The most common case is the EFI system partition. -These partitions are special instances of -.Nm . -You can mount an x86 boot partition with the command: -.Bd -literal -offset indent -mount -F pcfs device-special:boot directory-name -.Ed -or you can use: -.Bd -literal -offset indent -mount directory-name -.Ed -if the following line is in your -.Pa /etc/vfstab -file: -.Bd -literal -offset indent -device-special:boot - directory-name pcfs - no rw -.Ed -.Pp -.Ar device-special -specifies the special block device file for the entire hard disk -.Pq Pa /dev/dsk/cNtNdNp0 -.Pp -.Ar directory-name -specifies the location where the file system is mounted. -.Pp -All files on a boot partition are owned by super-user. -Only the super-user may create, delete, or modify files on a boot partition. -.Sh ENVIRONMENT -See -.Xr environ 5 -for descriptions of the following environment variables -for the current locale setting: -.Ev LANG , -.Ev LC_ALL , -.Ev LC_CTYPE , -and -.Ev LC_COLLATE . -.Sh FILES -.Bl -tag -width Pa -.It Pa /usr/lib/fs/pcfs/mount -.Nm -mount command. -.It Pa /usr/kernel/fs/amd64/pcfs -64-bit kernel module (x86). -.El -.Sh EXAMPLES -.Sy Example 1 -Sample Displays of File Names -.Pp -If you copy a file -.Pa financial.data -from a UNIX file system to -.Nm , -it displays as -.Pa financial.data -in -.Nm -but may show up as -.Pa FINANC~1.DAT -in systems that do not support long file names. -.Pp -The following are legal long file names. -They are also illegal short file names: -.Bl -item -offset indent -.It -.Pa test.sh.orig -.It -.Pa data+ -.El -.Pp -Other systems that do not support long file names may see: -.Bl -item -offset indent -.It -.Pa TESTSH~1.ORI -.It -.Pa DATA~1 -.It -.Pa LOGIN~1 -.El -The short file name is generated from the initial characters of the long file -name, so differentiate names in the first few characters. -For example, these names: -.Bl -item -offset indent -.It -.Pa WorkReport.January.Data -.It -.Pa WorkReport.February.Data -.It -.Pa WorkReport.March.Data -.El -result in these short names, which are not distinguishable: -.Bl -item -offset indent -.It -.Pa WORKRE~1.DAT -.It -.Pa WORKRE~2.DAT -.It -.Pa WORKRE~2.DAT -.It -.Pa WORKRE~2.DAT -.It -.Pa WORKRE~13.DAT -.El -.Pp -These names, however: -.Bl -item -offset indent -.It -.Pa January.WorkReport.Data -.It -.Pa February.WorkReport.Data -.It -.Pa March.WorkReport.Data -.El -result in the more descriptive short names: -.Bl -item -offset indent -.It -.Pa JANUAR~1.DAT -.It -.Pa FEBRUA~1.DAT -.It -.Pa MARCHW~1.DAT -.El -.Sh SEE ALSO -.Xr chgrp 1 , -.Xr chown 1 , -.Xr dos2unix 1 , -.Xr eject 1 , -.Xr fdformat 1 , -.Xr unix2dos 1 , -.Xr volcheck 1 , -.Xr mount 1M , -.Xr mount_pcfs 1M , -.Xr umount 1M , -.Xr ctime 3C , -.Xr vfstab 4 , -.Xr environ 5 -.Sh WARNINGS -Do not physically eject a FAT floppy while the device is mounted as -.Nm -If Volume Management is managing a device, use the -.Xr eject 1 -command before physically removing media. -.Pp -When mounting -.Nm -on a hard disk, make sure the first block on that device contains a valid fdisk -partition table. -.Pp -Because -.Nm -has no provision for handling owner-IDs or group-IDs on files, -.Xr chown 1 -or -.Xr chgrp 1 -may generate various errors. -This is a limitation of -.Nm -but it should not cause problems other than error messages. -.Sh NOTES -Only the following characters are allowed in -.Nm -short file names and extensions: -.Bl -item -offset indent -.It -0-9 -.It -A-Z -.It -$#&@!%()-{}<>`_^~|' -.It -.El -illumos and FAT use different character sets and have different -requirements for the text file format. -Use the -.Xr dos2unix 1 -and -.Xr unix2dos 1 -commands to convert files between them. -.Pp -.Nm -offers a convenient transportation vehicle for files between multiple systems. -Because the FAT disk format was designed for use under DOS, it does not operate -efficiently under illumos and should not be used as the format for a regular -local storage. -Instead, use ZFS for local storage within an illumos system. -.Pp -Although long file names can contain spaces -(just as in UNIX file names) , -some utilities may be confused by them. -.Pp -When -.Nm -encounters long file names with non-ASCII characters, it converts such long file -names in Unicode scalar values into UTF-8 encoded filenames so that they are -legible and usable with any of illumos UTF-8 locales. -In the same context, when new file names with non-ASCII characters are created, -.Nm -expects that such file names are in UTF-8. -This feature increases the interoperability of -.Nm -on illumos with other operating -systems. -.Sh BUGS -.Nm -should handle the disk change condition in the same way that DOS does, so you do -not need to unmount the file system to change floppies. |