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mkmanifest(1)          DragonFly General Commands Manual         mkmanifest(1)

Name
       mkmanifest - makes list of file names and their DOS 8+3 equivalent

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

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 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 convention (from
       mtools-2.0.7) and not the one from Windows 95 and mtools-3.0.

See Also
       Mtools' texinfo doc

Viewing the texi doc
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       items, such as crossreferences, footnotes and indices are lost in this
       translation process.  Indeed, these items have no appropriate
       representation in the manpage format.  Moreover, not all information
       has been translated into the manpage version.  Thus I strongly advise
       you to use the original texinfo doc.  See the end of this manpage for
       instructions how to view the texinfo doc.

       *      To generate a printable copy from the texinfo doc, run the
              following commands:

                     ./configure; make dvi; dvips mtools.dvi

       *      To generate a html copy,  run:

                     ./configure; make html

              A premade html can be found at
              `http://www.gnu.org/software/mtools/manual/mtools.html'

       *      To generate an info copy (browsable using emacs' info mode),
              run:

                     ./configure; make info

       The texinfo doc looks most pretty when printed or as html.  Indeed, in
       the info version certain examples are difficult to read due to the
       quoting conventions used in info.

mtools-4.0.10                       10Mar09                      mkmanifest(1)