mkmanifest(1)							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  exten-
       sions, 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 sys-
       tem,  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
       This manpage has been automatically generated  from  mtools's  texinfo
       documentation.  However,	 this process is only approximative, and some
       items, such as crossreferences, footnotes and indices are lost in this
       translation  process.   Indeed, these items have no appropriate repre-
       sentation 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 fol-
	      lowing commands:

		     ./configure; make dvi; dvips mtools.dvi



       *      To generate a html copy,	run:

		     ./configure; make html

	      A premade html can be found  at:	'http://mtools.linux.lu'  and
	      also at: 'http://www.tux.org/pub/knaff/mtools'

       *      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-3.9.9			   03Mar03			mkmanifest(1)

UNIX/Linux commands referenced on this page:

1. file
2. man
3. script
4. restore
5. mtools
6. which
7. mcopy
8. mv
9. convert
10. as
11. view
12. make
13. info