---
name: "desync-mtree"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "desync"
version: "1.1.5-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/desync-mtree"
---

# 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)](/desync/1.md)**

## HISTORY

20-Oct-2026 Auto generated by spf13/cobra