mkmanifest(1) mtools-3.9.1 (10Jun98) mkmanifest(1)
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Description
The mkmanifest command is used to create a shell script
(packing list) to restore Unix filenames. Its syntax is:
mkmanifest [ files ]
Mkmanifest creates a shell script that aids in the
restoration of Unix filenames that got clobbered by the MS-
DOS filename restrictions. MS-DOS filenames are restricted
to 8 character names, 3 character extensions, upper case
only, no device names, and no illegal characters.
The mkmanifest program is compatible with the methods used
in pcomm, arc, and mtools to change perfectly good Unix
filenames to fit the MS-DOS restrictions. This command is
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only useful if the target system which will read the
diskette cannot handle vfat long names.
Example
You want to copy the following Unix files to a MS-DOS
diskette (using the mcopy command).
very_long_name
2.many.dots
illegal:
good.c
prn.dev
Capital
Mcopy converts the names to:
very_lon
2xmany.dot
illegalx
good.c
xprn.dev
capital
The command:
mkmanifest very_long_name 2.many.dots illegal: good.c prn.dev Capital >manifest
would produce the following:
mv very_lon very_long_name
mv 2xmany.dot 2.many.dots
mv illegalx illegal:
mv xprn.dev prn.dev
mv capital Capital
Notice that "good.c" did not require any conversion, so it
did not appear in the output.
Suppose I've copied these files from the diskette to another
Unix system, and I now want the files back to their original
names. If the file "manifest" (the output captured above)
was sent along with those files, it could be used to convert
the filenames.
Bugs
The short names generated by mkmanifest follow the old
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convention (from mtools-2.0.7) and not the one from Windows
95 and mtools-3.0.
See Also
Mtools' texinfo doc
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