imgcp

imgcp

imgcp is a command line tool that allows to copy files between old disk images (floppies, hard drives, archive files, etc). Currently supported formats are:

• CD images (CUE/BIN, MDS/MDF) (read only)
• FAT12
• FAT16
• Interchange File Format (IFF) files (read only)
• ISO 9660 (read only)

Apart from copying files, imgcp also implements other useful operations:

• cat: Similar to the UNIX cat command, it can be used to print on the standard output the concatenation of several files inside disk images.
• ls: Similar to the UNIX ls command, it can be used to explore the content of an image.
• mkdir: To create empty directories.
• remove: To remove files and directories.
• show: The default operation. It shows basic information of the input images.

Installing imgcp

First get the repository:

git clone https://github.com/adriagipas/imgcp.git
cd imgcp

Then install the software using the go command:

go build
go install

This will install imgcp to your standard Go install directory. If you want to change the standard directory please refer to the official compile-install tutorial

Examples

Print basic version and usage information:

imgcp

Print basic information of a hard drive image (hdd.img):

imgcp hdd.img

List the contents of the first partition of a hard drive image (hdd.img):

imgcp hdd.img ls /0

List the contents of the DOS folder in the first partition of a hard drive image (hdd.img):

imgcp hdd.img ls /0/DOS

Concatenate the content of AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files from first partition of hdd.img:

imgcp hdd.img cat /0/autoexec.bat /0/config.sys

In the previous hard drive image, copy AUTOEXEC.BAT as "AUTOCOP.BAT" to a new empty folder FOO:

imgcp hdd.img mkdir /0/foo
imgcp hdd.img cp /0/autoexec.bat /0/foo/autocop.bat

In previous folder FOO, copy CONFIG.SYS and DOS folder:

imgcp hdd.img cp /0/config.sys /0/DOS /0/foo/

Copy the content of an old floppy image (floppy.img) into folder DISK in the first partition of hdd.img:

imgcp hdd.img mkdir /0/DISK
imgcp A=hdd.img B=floppy.img cp B=/ A=/0/DISK

Remove FOO and DISK folders from previous examples:

imgcp hdd.img rm /0/disk /0/foo

Copy the content of an old floppy image (floppy.image) into a local folder /tmp/disk:

mkdir -p /tmp/disk
imgcp A=floppy.img B=/ cp A=/ B=/tmp/disk/

Copy previous folder /tmp/disk into the first partition of hdd.img:

imgcp A=hdd.img B=/ cp B=/tmp/disk A=/0/