Manifest File

The manifest.mf file describes what is contained in the PAR file and how the files are structured, as well as the export file version information.

The manifest file for the .par file contains the main and entries section, following the JAR manifest convention. The main section contains headers which describe the backup file version number and the top level archive directories. The following headers are included:

Manifest-Version

The manifest version number

PS-Version

The portal server version number

PS-Backup-Version

The backup file version number, the version number is an unique identification number.

The backup version number contains information about the portal domain, portal name, the backup file data type, and the backup version number. The data type can be the following: desktop, provider+channel.

PS-Backup-Timestamp

A timestamp on when the backup file is created.

PS-DefaultEntry

This is only used by the PAR utility.

PS-PBFileRoot

The root directory in the archive for the property based files. For now, this is the root of the templates and properties file directories.

PS-DPRoot

The root directory in the archive for the display profile documents.

PS-StaticRoot

The root for static content in the archive.

PS-ClassRoot

The root for the Java classes in the archive. If unspecified, the corresponding files are rooted at the top of the archive.

PS-WARRoot

The root for the WAR files in the archive.

The entries section defines named entries which declare details about the backup file. When there are multiple name entries, each named entry corresponds to one parEntry when the backup target is channels, providers, or display profiles. For other backup data type, there will be only one entry. Each name entry includes the following headers:

PS-EntryName

The entry name to identify the entry.

PS-AutoExtract

This provides information for the import subcommand with the --autoextract option.

PS-DP-Docs

A comma separated list of distinguished names. This gives a complete list of which display profile documents are archived in the backup file.

PS-Include

List of included files or directories.

PS-Attribute-Properties

List of attribute properties files