Usage: mkisofs [options] file... Options: -posix-H Follow symbolic links encountered on command line -posix-L Follow all symbolic links -posix-P Do not follow symbolic links (default) -abstract FILE Set Abstract filename -A ID, -appid ID Set Application ID -biblio FILE Set Bibliographic filename -no-cache-inodes Do not cache inodes (if filesystem has no unique inodes) -rrip110 Create old Rock Ridge V 1.10 -rrip112 Create new Rock Ridge V 1.12 (default) -duplicates-once Optimize storage by encoding duplicate files once -check-oldnames Check all imported ISO9660 names from old session -check-session FILE Check all ISO9660 names from previous session -copyright FILE Set Copyright filename -debug Set debug flag -ignore-error Ignore errors -b FILE, -eltorito-boot FILE Set El Torito boot image name -eltorito-alt-boot Start specifying alternative El Torito boot parameters -eltorito-platform ID Set El Torito platform id for the next boot entry -B FILES, -sparc-boot FILES Set sparc boot image names -sunx86-boot FILES Set sunx86 boot image names -G FILE, -generic-boot FILE Set generic boot image name -sparc-label label text Set sparc boot disk label -sunx86-label label text Set sunx86 boot disk label -c FILE, -eltorito-catalog FILE Set El Torito boot catalog name -C PARAMS, -cdrecord-params PARAMS Magic paramters from cdrecord -d, -omit-period Omit trailing periods from filenames (violates ISO9660) -data-change-warn Treat data/size changes as warning only -dir-mode mode Make the mode of all directories this mode. -D, -disable-deep-relocation Disable deep directory relocation (violates ISO9660) -file-mode mode Make the mode of all plain files this mode. -errctl name Read error control defs from file or inline. -f, -follow-links Follow symbolic links -gid gid Make the group owner of all files this gid. -graft-points Allow to use graft points for filenames -root DIR Set root directory for all new files and directories -old-root DIR Set root directory in previous session that is searched for files -help Print option help -hide GLOBFILE Hide ISO9660/RR file -hide-list FILE File with list of ISO9660/RR files to hide -hidden GLOBFILE Set hidden attribute on ISO9660 file -hidden-list FILE File with list of ISO9660 files with hidden attribute -hide-joliet GLOBFILE Hide Joliet file -hide-joliet-list FILE File with list of Joliet files to hide -hide-joliet-trans-tbl Hide TRANS.TBL from Joliet tree -hide-rr-moved Rename RR_MOVED to .rr_moved in Rock Ridge tree -gui Switch behaviour for GUI -input-charset CHARSET Local input charset for file name conversion -output-charset CHARSET Output charset for file name conversion -iso-level LEVEL Set ISO9660 conformance level (1..3) or 4 for ISO9660 version 2 -J, -joliet Generate Joliet directory information -joliet-long Allow Joliet file names to be 103 Unicode characters -jcharset CHARSET Local charset for Joliet directory information -l, -full-iso9660-filenames Allow full 31 character filenames for ISO9660 names -max-iso9660-filenames Allow 37 character filenames for ISO9660 names (violates ISO9660) -allow-leading-dots Allow ISO9660 filenames to start with '.' (violates ISO9660) -ldots Allow ISO9660 filenames to start with '.' (violates ISO9660) -log-file LOG_FILE Re-direct messages to LOG_FILE -long-rr-time Use long Rock Ridge time format -m GLOBFILE, -exclude GLOBFILE Exclude file name -exclude-list FILE File with list of file names to exclude -hide-ignorecase, -exclude-ignorecase Ignore case with -exclude-list and -hide* options -modification-date DATE Set the modification date field of the PVD -nobak Do not include backup files -no-bak Do not include backup files -pad Pad output to a multiple of 32k (default) -no-pad Do not pad output to a multiple of 32k -no-limit-pathtables Allow more than 65535 parent directories (violates ISO9660) -no-long-rr-time Use short Rock Ridge time format -M FILE, -prev-session FILE Set path to previous session to merge -dev SCSIdev Set path to previous session to merge -N, -omit-version-number Omit version number from ISO9660 filename (violates ISO9660) -new-dir-mode mode Mode used when creating new directories. -force-rr Inhibit automatic Rock Ridge detection for previous session -no-rr Inhibit reading of Rock Ridge attributes from previous session -no-split-symlink-components Inhibit splitting symlink components -no-split-symlink-fields Inhibit splitting symlink fields -o FILE, -output FILE Set output file name -path-list FILE File with list of pathnames to process -p PREP, -preparer PREP Set Volume preparer -print-size Print estimated filesystem size and exit -publisher PUB Set Volume publisher -quiet Run quietly -r, -rational-rock Generate rationalized Rock Ridge directory information -R, -rock Generate Rock Ridge directory information -s TYPE, -sectype TYPE Set output sector type to e.g. data/xa1/raw -short-rr-time Use short Rock Ridge time format -sort FILE Sort file content locations according to rules in FILE -isort FILE Sort file content locations according to rules in FILE (ignore case) -split-output Split output into files of approx. 1GB size -stream-file-name FILE_NAME Set the stream file ISO9660 name (incl. version) -stream-media-size # Set the size of your CD media in sectors -sysid ID Set System ID -T, -translation-table Generate translation tables for systems that don't understand long filenames -table-name TABLE_NAME Translation table file name -ucs-level LEVEL Set Joliet UCS level (1..3) -uid uid Make the owner of all files this uid. -U, -untranslated-filenames Allow Untranslated filenames (for HPUX & AIX - violates ISO9660). Forces -l, -d, -N, -allow-leading-dots, -relaxed-filenames, -allow-lowercase, -allow-multidot -relaxed-filenames Allow 7 bit ASCII except lower case characters (violates ISO9660) -no-iso-translate Do not translate illegal ISO characters '~', '-' and '#' (violates ISO9660) -allow-lowercase Allow lower case characters in addition to the current character set (violates ISO9660) -no-allow-lowercase, +allow-lowercase Do not allow lower case characters in addition to the current character set. -allow-multidot Allow more than one dot in filenames (e.g. .tar.gz) (violates ISO9660) -use-fileversion LEVEL Use file version # from filesystem -v, -verbose Verbose -version Print the current version -V ID, -volid ID Set Volume ID -volset ID Set Volume set ID -volset-size # Set Volume set size -volset-seqno # Set Volume set sequence number -x FILE, -old-exclude FILE Exclude file name(depreciated) -hard-disk-boot Boot image is a hard disk image -no-emul-boot Boot image is 'no emulation' image -no-boot Boot image is not bootable -boot-load-seg # Set load segment for boot image -boot-load-size # Set numbers of load sectors -boot-info-table Patch boot image with info table -XA Generate XA directory attributes -xa Generate rationalized XA directory attributes -z, -transparent-compression Enable transparent compression of files