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genisoimage:tldr:f1743
genisoimage: Create an ISO image from the given source directory.
$ genisoimage -o ${myimage-iso} ${path-to-source_directory}
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The command genisoimage
is used to create an ISO image file of a specified directory containing files and directories. It is commonly used in Linux systems.
Here is the breakdown of the command:
genisoimage
is the command itself, which is used to create the ISO image.-o
is an option that specifies the output filename of the ISO image file.${myimage-iso}
is a placeholder for the output filename.${myimage-iso}
indicates that the value of the variablemyimage-iso
will be substituted here.${path-to-source_directory}
is a placeholder for the path to the source directory, which contains the files and directories that will be included in the ISO image.
Essentially, this command will create an ISO image file with the specified filename (myimage-iso
), including all the files and directories from the given source directory.
This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and
never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.