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MKZFTREE(1)			 H. Peter Anvin 		     MKZFTREE(1)

NAME
     mkzftree - Create a zisofs/RockRidge compressed file tree

SYNOPSIS
     mkzftree [OPTIONS]... INPUT OUTPUT

DESCRIPTION
     Takes an input file tree (INPUT) and create a corresponding compressed file
     tree  (OUTPUT) that can be used with an appropriately patched mkisofs(8) to
     create a transparent-compression ISO 9660/Rock Ridge filesystem  using  the
     "ZF" compression records.

OPTIONS
     -f, --force
	    Always compress all files, even if they get larger when compressed.

     -z level, --level level
	    Select  compression  level	(1-9,  default is 9).  Lower compression
	    levels are faster, but typically result in larger output.

     -u, --uncompress
	    Uncompress an already compressed tree.  This can be used to  read  a
	    compressed filesystem on a system which cannot read them natively.

     -p parallelism, --parallelism parallelism
	    Compress in parallel.  The parallelism value indicates how many com-
	    pression threads are allowed to run.

     -x, --one-filesystem
	    Do	not  cross  filesystem boundaries, but create directory stubs at
	    mount points.

     -X, --strict-one-filesystem
	    Do not cross filesystem boundaries,  and  do  not  create  directory
	    stubs at mount points.

     -C path, --crib-path path
	    Steal  ("crib")  files  from another directory if it looks (based on
	    name, size, type and modification time) like they match  entries  in
	    the  new filesystem.  The "crib tree" is usually the compressed ver-
	    sion of an older version of the same workload; this thus allows  for
	    "incremental  rebuilds"  of a compressed filesystem tree.  The files
	    are hardlinked from the crib tree to the output tree, so  if  it  is
	    desirable  to  keep  the  link count correct the crib path should be
	    deleted before running mkisofs.  The crib tree must be on  the  same
	    filesystem as the output tree.

     -l, --local
	    Do not recurse into subdirectories, but create the directories them-
	    selves.

     -L, --strict-local
	    Do not recurse into subdirectories, and do not create directories.

     -F, --file
	    Indicates that INPUT may not necessarily be a directory; this allows
	    operation  on  a  single file.  Note especially that if -F is speci-
	    fied, and INPUT is a symlink, the  symlink	itself	will  be  copied
	    rather than whatever it happens to point to.

     -s, --sloppy
	    Treat file modes, times and ownership data as less than precious in-
	    formation and don't abort if they cannot be set.  This may be useful
	    if running mkisofs on an input tree you do not own.

     -v, --verbose
	    Increase the program verbosity.

     -V value, --verbosity value
	    Set the program verbosity to value.

     -q, --quiet
	    Issue no messages whatsoever, including error messages.  This is the
	    same as specifying -V 0.

     -h, --help
	    Display a brief help message.

     -w, --version
	    Display the release version.

BUGS
     Long options (beginning with --) may not work on all systems.  See the mes-
     sage printed out by mkzftree -h to see if this applies to your system.

     Inode  change  times  (ctimes) are not copied.  This is a system limitation
     and applies to all file copy programs.

     If using the parallel option (-z) the access times (atimes) on  directories
     may  or  may not be copied.  If it is important that the atimes on directo-
     ries are copied exactly, avoid using -z.

AUTHOR
     Written by H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>.

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright (C) 2001-2002 H. Peter Anvin.
     This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is  NO
     warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO
     mkisofs(8)

zisofs-tools			  30 July 2001			     MKZFTREE(1)

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