From b5b40106c7a733d8a88268a91fd08a2edb395cae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lennart Poettering Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2022 12:12:02 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] man: document new systemd-dissect --mtree switch --- man/systemd-dissect.xml | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+) diff --git a/man/systemd-dissect.xml b/man/systemd-dissect.xml index f857ecacc7..0b6bf793ce 100644 --- a/man/systemd-dissect.xml +++ b/man/systemd-dissect.xml @@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ systemd-dissect OPTIONS IMAGE + + systemd-dissect OPTIONS IMAGE + systemd-dissect OPTIONS IMAGE COMMAND @@ -163,6 +166,23 @@ standard output. + + + + + Generates a BSD mtree8 + compatible file manifest of the specified disk image. This is useful for comparing disk image + contents in detail, including inode information and other metadata. While the generated manifest will + contain detailed inode information, it currently excludes extended attributes, file system + capabilities, MAC labels, chattr1 file + flags, btrfs subvolume information, and various other file metadata. File content information is + shown via a SHA256 digest. Additional fields might be added in future. Note that inode information + such as link counts, inode numbers and timestamps is excluded from the output on purpose, as it + typically complicates reproducibility. + +