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mkcramfs(8)


NAME

   mkcramfs - make a compressed ROM file system

SYNOPSIS

   mkcramfs  [-h]  [-b  blksize]  [-e edition] [-i file] [-n name] dirname
   outfile

DESCRIPTION

   This manual page documents briefly the mkcramfs command.   This  manual
   page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution (but may be used
   by others), because the original program does not have a manual page.

   mkcramfs constructs a CramFs from the contents of dirname.   The  image
   of the resulting file system is placed in outfile.

OPTIONS

   -h     Give a brief help message.

   -E     Make all warnings errors (non-zero exit status).

   -b blksize
          Set the block size of the generated file system.

   -e edition
          Set the edition number (part of fsid).

   -i file
          Insert  a  file  image  into  the  filesystem (requires Linux >=
          2.4.0).

   -n name
          Set the name of the CramFs filesystem.

   -p     Pad by 512 bytes for boot code.

   -s     Sort directory entries (old option, ignored).

   -v     Turn on verbose mode.

   -z     Make explicit holes (requires Linux >= 2.3.39).

AUTHOR

   mkcramfs is written by Linus Torvalds and Daniel Quinlan.  Manual  page
   added by Herbert Xu.



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