NAME¶

mkcramfs - manual page for mkcramfs 2.1

DESCRIPTION¶

usage: ./mkcramfs [-h] [-e edition] [-i file] [-n name] [-D file] dirname outfile

-h

print this help

-E

make all warnings errors (non-zero exit status)

-e edition set edition number (part of fsid)

-i file

insert a file image into the filesystem (requires >= 2.4.0)

-n name

set name of cramfs filesystem

-p

pad by 512 bytes for boot code

-s

sort directory entries (old option, ignored)

-v

be more verbose

-x

use extended block pointers (requires >= 4.15)

-X

allow XIP of ELF files (imply -x)

-z

make explicit holes (requires >= 2.3.39)

-D

Use the named FILE as a device table file

-q

squash permissions (make everything owned by root)

-B

force big-endian filesystem creation

-L

force little-endian filesystem creation

dirname

root of the filesystem to be compressed

outfile

output file