1mkmanifest(1)               General Commands Manual              mkmanifest(1)
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Name

6       mkmanifest - makes list of file names and their DOS 8+3 equivalent
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Note of warning

11       This  manpage  has  been  automatically generated from mtools's texinfo
12       documentation, and may not be entirely accurate or complete.   See  the
13       end of this man page for details.
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Description

16       The  mkmanifest command is used to create a shell script (packing list)
17       to restore Unix filenames. Its syntax is:
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19       mkmanifest [ files ]
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21       Mkmanifest creates a shell script that aids in the restoration of  Unix
22       filenames  that got clobbered by the MS-DOS filename restrictions.  MS-
23       DOS filenames are restricted to 8 character names, 3  character  exten‐
24       sions, upper case only, no device names, and no illegal characters.
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26       The  mkmanifest  program  is compatible with the methods used in pcomm,
27       arc, and mtools to change perfectly good Unix filenames to fit the  MS-
28       DOS  restrictions.  This  command  is  only useful if the target system
29       which will read the diskette cannot handle VFAT long names.
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Example

32       You want to copy the following Unix files to a MS-DOS  diskette  (using
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36            2.many.dots
37            illegal:
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39            prn.dev
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72       Suppose I've copied these files from the diskette to another Unix  sys‐
73       tem,  and  I  now  want the files back to their original names.  If the
74       file "manifest" (the output captured above) was sent along  with  those
75       files, it could be used to convert the filenames.
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Bugs

78       The short names generated by mkmanifest follow the old convention (from
79       mtools-2.0.7) and not the one from Windows 95 and mtools-3.0.
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See Also

82       Mtools' texinfo doc
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Viewing the texi doc

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