| .TH xfs_protofile 8 |
| .SH NAME |
| xfs_protofile \- create a protofile for use with mkfs.xfs |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .B xfs_protofile |
| .I path |
| [ |
| .I paths... |
| ] |
| .br |
| .B xfs_protofile \-V |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| .B xfs_protofile |
| walks a directory tree to generate a protofile. |
| The protofile format is specified in the |
| .BR mkfs.xfs (8) |
| manual page and is derived from 3rd edition Unix. |
| .SH OPTIONS |
| .TP 1.0i |
| .I path |
| Create protofile directives to copy this path into the root directory. |
| If the path is a directory, protofile directives will be emitted to |
| replicate the entire subtree as a subtree of the root directory. |
| If the path is a not a directory, protofile directives will be emitted |
| to create the file as an entry in the root directory. |
| The first path must resolve to a directory. |
| |
| .SH BUGS |
| Filenames cannot contain spaces. |
| Extended attributes are not copied into the filesystem. |
| |
| .PD |
| .RE |
