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

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

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.

--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

-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

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

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

--verbose[=false] verbose mode

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

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5-Sep-2026 Auto generated by spf13/cobra

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