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    MKMANIFEST(1)       UNIX Programmer's Manual        MKMANIFEST(1)

    NAME
         mkmanifest - create a shell script to restore Unix filenames

    SYNOPSIS
         mkmanifest [ files ]

    DESCRIPTION
         Mkmanifest creates a shell script that will aid in the res-
         toration of Unix filenames that got clobbered by the MSDOS
         filename restrictions.  MSDOS 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 mtools to change perfectly good Unix
         filenames to fit the MSDOS restrictions.

    EXAMPLE
         I want to copy the following Unix files to a MSDOS diskette
         (using the mcopy command).

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

         Mcopy will convert 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.

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    MKMANIFEST(1)       UNIX Programmer's Manual        MKMANIFEST(1)

         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.

    SEE ALSO
         arc(1), pcomm(1), mtools(1)

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