create_compressed_fs(1)                   create_compressed_fs(1)



NAME
       create_compressed_fs, extract_compressed_fs -- convert and
       extract a filesystem to/from a cloop volume

SYNOPSIS
       create_compressed_fs image blocksize  [>  image.cloop_com-
       pressed]

       extract_compressed_fs filename

DESCRIPTION
       create_compressed_fs  compresses  a  filesystem image to a
       compressed image suitable  for  mounting  with  the  cloop
       driver.  blocksize  must be a multiple of 512  bytes. Make
       sure you have enough swap to hold  the  entire  compressed
       image  in virtual memory! Use "-" as filename to read data
       from stdin, as in:

       mkisofs  -r  datadir  |  create_compressed_fs  -  65536  >
       datadir.iso.compressed


MOUNTING
       You  have to pass the options to the cloop module on load-
       ing:

       insmod cloop.o file=/path/to/compressed/image

       mount -o ro -t whatever /dev/cloop /mnt/compressed

SEE ALSO
       /usr/share/doc/cloop-utils/*, /usr/share/doc/cloop-src/*

AUTHOR
       This   manual   page   was   written   by   Eduard   Bloch
       (blade@debian.org)  for  the  Debian GNU/Linux system (but
       may be used by others).  Permission is  granted  to  copy,
       distribute  and/or modify this document under the terms of
       the GNU Free Documentation License,  Version  1.1  or  any
       later  version  published by the Free Software Foundation;
       with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover  Texts  and  no
       Back-Cover Texts.



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