How would i take a few text files on a unix box and put them on a floppy to be read in a Dos environment?

If you have the proper access to the machine, the easiest thing is to FTP the files between the UNIX box and the PC. If they are text files, be sure to set it to ASCII mode.

Or if you have access to email on the Unix box, send them via email to a PC account.

SCO UNIX systems have commands to copy files to DOS floppies. Try 'man doscp' to see if you have docs on this.

you could try this small C program:

#include \
#include \

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
FILE *ifp, *ofp;
char ch;

if (argc != 3) exit(1);
ifp = fopen(argv[1], "r");
ofp = fopen(argv[2], "w");
if (ifp == 0 || ofp == 0) exit(1);
while ((ch = getc(ifp)) != EOF) {
if (ch != '\n')
putc(ch, ofp);
else
{ putc(13, ofp); putc(10, ofp); }
} /* end while */
fclose(ofp);
fclose(ifp);
} /* end of main() program! */

You can use mtools (or some similar utilities) to dos format and then copy the output file from the command-line to a floppy.

I forget to add that DOS End-of-File marker, so before closing the file:

fputc(26, ofp);