xfs_protofile(8)	     System Manager's Manual		xfs_protofile(8)

NAME
     xfs_protofile - create a protofile for use with mkfs.xfs

SYNOPSIS
     xfs_protofile path [ paths...  ]
     xfs_protofile -V

DESCRIPTION
     xfs_protofile  walks  a  directory	 tree  to  generate  a	protofile.   The
     protofile format is specified in the mkfs.xfs(8) manual page and is derived
     from 3rd edition Unix.

OPTIONS
     path      Create protofile directives to copy this path into the  root  di-
	       rectory.	  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 di-
	       rectives will be emitted to create the file as an  entry	 in  the
	       root directory.	The first path must resolve to a directory.


BUGS
     Filenames	cannot	contain spaces.	 Extended attributes are not copied into
     the filesystem.


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