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mkmanifest(1)							 mkmanifest(1)

NAME
       mkmanifest  -  mtools  utility to create a shell script to restore UNIX
       file names from DOS

SYNOPSIS
       mkmanifest [files]

OPTIONS
       None

OPERANDS
       A list of UNIX file names to be converted to DOS name format.

DESCRIPTION
       The mkmanifest command creates a shell script that aids in the  restore
       of UNIX file names that were overwritten by DOS file name restrictions.
       DOS file names are uppercase only, cannot exceed 8 character  names,  3
       character extensions and do not support device names or nonalphanumeric
       characters.

       Not all UNIX file names are supported in the  DOS  world.   The	mtools
       commands may have to change UNIX names to fit the DOS file name conven‐
       tions.  Most commands provide the verbose option	 (-v),	that  displays
       new  file  names	 if  they have been changed. The following table shows
       some examples of file name conversions:

       ───────────────────────────────────────────────
       UNIX name     DOS name	Reason for the change
       ───────────────────────────────────────────────
       thisisatest   THISISAT	file name too long
       file.stuff    FILE.STU	extension too long
       prn.txt	     XRN.TXT	PRN is a device name
       .abc	     X.ABC	null file name
       hot+cold	     HOTXCOLD	illegal character
       ───────────────────────────────────────────────

EXIT STATUS
       The following exit values are returned: Success.	 Failure.

EXAMPLES
       Assume you have the following UNIX files that you want to copy to a DOS
       diskette using the mcopy command.

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

       The mcopy command converts these file names to the following:

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

       To  restore the previous file names, use the mkmanifest command as fol‐
       lows: mkmanifest very_long_name 2.many.dots illegal:	  \
				  good.c prn.dev Capital > manifest

       The  previous  mkmanifest  command  line	 produces  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

       The good.c file name did not  require  conversion,  hence  it  was  not
       included in the output.

       If  these  files	 were copied from diskette to another UNIX system, and
       you wanted to restore the original names, retain a copy of the manifest
       file (captured output) so that it can be used to convert the file names
       again.

FILES
       Executable file

SEE ALSO
       Commands: mcopy(1), mtools(1)

								 mkmanifest(1)

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