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mkmanifest(1)
NAME
  mkmanifest - mtools utility to create a shell script to restore UNIX file
  names from DOS

SYNOPSIS
  mkmanifest [files]

OPTIONS
  None

OPERANDS
  files
      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
  conventions.	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:

  0   Success.

  1   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 follows:

       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
  /usr/bin/mtools/mkmanifest
      Executable file

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

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