GNU mtools 4.0.48 released

[Alain Knaff]

Hello,

I am pleased to announce the release of GNU mtools version 4.0.48

GNU mtools is available for download from
http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/mtools and the mirror sites worldwide (see
http://www.gnu.org/prep/ftp.html for the list of those).

The sources can be obtained from ftp.gnu.org and its world-wide mirrors:

  http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/mtools/mtools-4.0.48.tar.gz    (541K)
  SHA-1: 3fa03a999501c4cdb92b61dd96f7eb9e20d88b05

  http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/mtools/mtools-4.0.48.tar.bz2   (456K)
  SHA-1: 5fa21bf301f1846726daad16c21dfa440d0b1b0b

  http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/mtools/mtools-4.0.48.tar.lz    (388K)
  SHA-1: 29d0115a6535269649e44bd07d6638e6993241e2


The same directory also contains pre-compiled Debian packages.

Mtools is a collection of utilities to access MS-DOS disks from GNU
and Unix without mounting them, to change FAT-specific file attributes
(hidden, archive, system), and to format FAT media.

Mtools supports W32 style long file names, FAT32, OS/2 Xdf disks and
2m disks (store up to 1992k on a high density 3 1/2 disk). Mtools also
includes mpartition, a simple partitioning programing. It is also a
convenient tool to work with disk image files (thanks to the -i flag).

For more information on mtools, including links to file downloads,
please see the mtools web page: http://www.gnu.org/software/mtools

Please email bugs or suggestions to <info-mtools@gnu.org>.

Improvements since the 4.0.48 release are:
        - portability fixes, mostly for Watcom compiler
        - cleaned up some other warnings
        - various runtime fixes for windows (/dev/tty vs CONIN$)
        - use correct mtools (sub)command name in usage() when using -c
        - other usage() spelling/wording fixes
        - fix mtype'ing multiple files at once
        - integrate mkmanpages into make system, clean it, and credit
          texi2roff's original developer and others
        - document compilation on less usual environments in INSTALL
        - uninitialized buffer fix in mformat
        - fix parameter counting error in mcd, and document that image
          file name is not remembered

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Regards,

Alain