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The \f(CWmkmanifest command is used to create a shell script (packing list) to restore Unix filenames. Its syntax is:

\fR\f(CWmkmanifest [ files ]

\fR\f(CWMkmanifest 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 \fR\f(CWpcomm, arc, and \f(CWmtools 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.

You want to copy the following Unix files to a MS-DOS diskette (using the \fR\f(CWmcopy command).

 very_long_name
 2.many.dots
 illegal:
 good.c
 prn.dev
 Capital

\fR

\fR\f(CWASCII converts the names to:

 very_lon
 2xmany.dot
 illegalx
 good.c
 xprn.dev
 capital

\fR

The command:

mkmanifest very_long_name 2.many.dots illegal: good.c prn.dev Capital >manifest

\fRwould 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

\fR

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.

The short names generated by \f(CWmkmanifest follow the old convention (from mtools-2.0.7) and not the one from Windows 95 and mtools-3.0.

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

 ./configure; make dvi; dvips mtools.dvi

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 ./configure; make html

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

 ./configure; make info

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