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mksquashfs — Create or append files and directories to squashfs filesystems. More information: <https://manned.or

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Problem

How to use the mksquashfs command: Create or append files and directories to squashfs filesystems. More information: <https://manned.org/mksquashfs>.

Solution

mksquashfs — Create or append files and directories to squashfs filesystems. More information: <https://manned.org/mksquashfs>.

Create or append files and directories to a squashfs filesystem (compressed using gzip by default):

mksquashfs {{path/to/file_or_directory1 path/to/file_or_directory2 ...}} {{filesystem.squashfs}}

Create or append files and directories to a squashfs filesystem, using a specific [comp]ression algorithm:

mksquashfs {{path/to/file_or_directory1 path/to/file_or_directory2 ...}} {{filesystem.squashfs}} -comp {{gzip|lzo|lz4|xz|zstd|lzma}}

Create or append files and directories to a squashfs filesystem, [e]xcluding some of them:

mksquashfs {{path/to/file_or_directory1 path/to/file_or_directory2 ...}} {{filesystem.squashfs}} -e {{file|directory1 file|directory2 ...}}

Create or append files and directories to a squashfs filesystem, [e]xcluding those ending with gzip:

mksquashfs {{path/to/file_or_directory1 path/to/file_or_directory2 ...}} {{filesystem.squashfs}} -wildcards -e "{{*.gz}}"

Create or append files and directories to a squashfs filesystem, [e]xcluding those matching a regex:

mksquashfs {{path/to/file_or_directory1 path/to/file_or_directory2 ...}} {{filesystem.squashfs}} -regex -e "{{regex}}"

Code Snippets

Create or append files and directories to a squashfs filesystem (compressed using `gzip` by default)

mksquashfs {{path/to/file_or_directory1 path/to/file_or_directory2 ...}} {{filesystem.squashfs}}

Create or append files and directories to a squashfs filesystem, using a specific [comp]ression algorithm

mksquashfs {{path/to/file_or_directory1 path/to/file_or_directory2 ...}} {{filesystem.squashfs}} -comp {{gzip|lzo|lz4|xz|zstd|lzma}}

Create or append files and directories to a squashfs filesystem, [e]xcluding some of them

mksquashfs {{path/to/file_or_directory1 path/to/file_or_directory2 ...}} {{filesystem.squashfs}} -e {{file|directory1 file|directory2 ...}}

Create or append files and directories to a squashfs filesystem, [e]xcluding those ending with gzip

mksquashfs {{path/to/file_or_directory1 path/to/file_or_directory2 ...}} {{filesystem.squashfs}} -wildcards -e "{{*.gz}}"

Create or append files and directories to a squashfs filesystem, [e]xcluding those matching a `regex`

mksquashfs {{path/to/file_or_directory1 path/to/file_or_directory2 ...}} {{filesystem.squashfs}} -regex -e "{{regex}}"

Context

tldr-pages: linux/mksquashfs

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