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2 !!!mkmanifest
3 Name
4 Note of warning
5 Description
6 Example
7 Bugs
8 See Also
9 Viewing the texi doc
10 ----
11 !!Name
12
13
14 mkmanifest - makes list of file names and their DOS 8+3 equivalent
15 !!Note of warning
16
17
18 This manpage has been automatically generated from mtools's
19 texinfo documentation, and may not be entirely accurate or
20 complete. See the end of this man page for
21 details.
22 !!Description
23
24
25 The mkmanifest command is used to create a shell
26 script (packing list) to restore Unix filenames. Its syntax
27 is:
28
29
30 mkmanifest [[ ''files'' ]
31
32
33 Mkmanifest creates a shell script that aids in the
34 restoration of Unix filenames that got clobbered by the
35 MS-DOS filename restrictions. MS-DOS filenames are
36 restricted to 8 character names, 3 character extensions,
37 upper case only, no device names, and no illegal
38 characters.
39
40
41 The mkmanifest program is compatible with the methods used
42 in pcomm, arc, and mtools to change
43 perfectly good Unix filenames to fit the MS-DOS
44 restrictions. This command is only useful if the target
45 system which will read the diskette cannot handle vfat long
46 names.
47 !!Example
48
49
50 You want to copy the following Unix files to a MS-DOS
51 diskette (using the mcopy command).
52
53
54 __ very_long_name
55 2.many.dots
56 illegal:
57 good.c
58 prn.dev
59 Capital
60 __
61
62
63 Mcopy converts the names to:
64
65
66 __ very_lon
67 2xmany.dot
68 illegalx
69 good.c
70 xprn.dev
71 capital
72 __
73
74
75 The command:
76
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78 __ mkmanifest very_long_name 2.many.dots illegal: good.c prn.dev Capital
79 __would produce the following:
80
81
82 __ mv very_lon very_long_name
83 mv 2xmany.dot 2.many.dots
84 mv illegalx illegal:
85 mv xprn.dev prn.dev
86 mv capital Capital
87 __
88
89
90 Notice that
91
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93 Suppose I've copied these files from the diskette to another
94 Unix system, and I now want the files back to their original
95 names. If the file
96 !!Bugs
97
98
99 The short names generated by mkmanifest follow the
100 old convention (from mtools-2.0.7) and not the one from
101 Windows 95 and mtools-3.0.
102 !!See Also
103
104
105 Mtools' texinfo doc
106 !!Viewing the texi doc
107
108
109 This manpage has been automatically generated from mtools's
110 texinfo documentation. However, this process is only
111 approximative, and some items, such as crossreferences,
112 footnotes and indices are lost in this translation process.
113 Indeed, these items have no appropriate representation in
114 the manpage format. Moreover, not all information has been
115 translated into the manpage version. Thus I strongly advise
116 you to use the original texinfo doc. See the end of this
117 manpage for instructions how to view the texinfo
118 doc.
119
120
121 *
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124 To generate a printable copy from the texinfo doc, run the
125 following commands:
126
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128 __ ./configure; make dvi; dvips mtools.dvi
129 __
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131
132 *
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135 To generate a html copy, run:
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138 __ ./configure; make html
139 __A premade html can be found at: `http://mtools.linux.lu' and also at: `http://www.tux.org/pub/knaff/mtools'
140
141
142 *
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145 To generate an info copy (browsable using emacs' info mode),
146 run:
147
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149 __ ./configure; make info
150 __
151
152
153 The texinfo doc looks most pretty when printed or as html.
154 Indeed, in the info version certain examples are difficult
155 to read due to the quoting conventions used in
156 info.
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