Name
mkmanifest - makes list of file names and their DOS 8+3 equivalent
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Description
The
mkmanifestcommand is used to create a shell script (packing list) to restore Unix filenames. Its syntax is:
mkmanifest[ files ]
Mkmanifestcreates 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
mtoolsto 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
mcopycommand).
very_long_name 2.many.dots illegal: good.c prn.dev Capital
Mcopyconverts 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 Ive 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
mkmanifestfollow the old convention (from mtools-2.0.7) and not the one from Windows 95 and mtools-3.0.
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