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desync-mtree(1)

Print the content of a catar, caidx or local directory in mtree format

NAME

desync-mtree - Print the content of a catar, caidx or local directory in mtree format

SYNOPSIS

desync mtree <catar|index|dir> [flags]

DESCRIPTION

Reads an archive (catar), index (caidx) or local directory and prints the content in mtree format.

The input is either a catar archive, a caidx index file (with -i and -s), or a local directory.

OPTIONS

--ca-cert=""
trust authorities in this file, instead of OS trust store

-c, --cache=""
store to be used as cache

-r, --cache-repair[=true]
replace invalid chunks in the cache from source

--client-cert=""
path to client certificate for TLS authentication

--client-key=""
path to client key for TLS authentication

-n, --concurrency=10
number of concurrent goroutines, -1 to let desync choose: the number of CPUs for chunking and hashing, adapting to each store up to 128 for transfers

-e, --error-retry=3
number of times to retry in case of network error

-b, --error-retry-base-interval=500ms
initial retry delay, increases linearly with each subsequent attempt

-h, --help[=false]
help for mtree

-i, --index[=false]
read index file (caidx), not catar

-s, --store=[]
source store(s), used with -i

-t, --trust-insecure[=false]
trust invalid certificates

OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS

--config=""
config file (default $HOME/.config/desync/config.json)

--digest="sha512-256"
digest algorithm, sha512-256 or sha256

--verbose[=false]
verbose mode

EXAMPLE

  desync mtree docs.catar
  desync mtree -s http://192.168.1.1/ -c /path/to/local -i docs.caidx
  desync mtree /path/to/dir

SEE ALSO

desync(1)

HISTORY

20-Oct-2026 Auto generated by spf13/cobra