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
ASCII 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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./configure; make html
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