xdvdfs-cli

xdvdfs-cli is a command line tool for interacting with xiso files.

If cargo is set up correctly in the path, it can be installed with:

$ cargo install xdvdfs-cli

Otherwise, it can be run from the workspace root as the default project.

Usage

Running xdvdfs with no args will bring up the help screen, showing supported subcommands:

Usage: xdvdfs [COMMAND]

Commands:
  ls           List files in an image
  tree         List all files in an image, recursively
  md5          Show MD5 checksums for files in an image
  checksum     Compute deterministic checksum of image contents
  info         Print information about image metadata
  copy-out     Copy a file or directory out of the provided image file
  unpack       Unpack an entire image to a directory
  pack         Pack an image from a given directory or source ISO image
  build-image  Pack an image from a given specification
  image-spec   Manage image spec `xdvdfs.toml` files
  compress     Pack and compress an image from a given directory or source ISO image
  help         Print this message or the help of the given subcommand(s)

Running a subcommand with the -h flag will show help information for that specific subcommand.

Packing an Image

To pack an image from a directory, run:

$ xdvdfs pack <directory> [optional output path]

This will create an iso that matches 1-to-1 with the input directory.

Repacking an Image

Images can be repacked from an existing ISO image:

$ xdvdfs pack <input-image> [optional output path]

This will create an iso that matches 1-to-1 with the input image.

Packing an Image with Path Rewriting

Images can be packed while rewriting host paths to different destinations in the underlying image using the xdvdfs build-image subcommand.

If the path remapping functionality is not needed (i.e. you just want a /**:/{1} rule) then you should prefer xdvdfs pack instead.

The primary method of accomplishing this is with a xdvdfs.toml file:

[metadata]

# Relative path to output iso, if not specified in command [optional]
output = "dist/image.xiso.iso"

# List of host-to-image path mapping rules. At least one rule is required.
# All paths are relative to the provided source path, the `xdvdfs.toml` file,
# or the working directory, in that priority order
# Host paths are matched by glob pattern
# Image paths have fields given by `{x}` substituted, where `x` is the index
# of the glob match, starting at 1. `{0}` matches the entire host path.
# Globs are evaluated in the provided order
[map_rules]

# Map contents of the "bin" directory to the image root
bin = "/"

# Map anything in the assets directory to `/assets/`
# Equivalent to `assets = "/assets"`
"assets/**" = "/assets/{1}"

# Map any file in the `sound` subdirectory with name `priority`
# and any extension to the same path in the image
# Note that `{0}` matches the entire relative host path
# Also note that due to the linear ordering of glob matches,
# this takes precedence over the below rule
"sound/priority.*" = "/{0}"

# Map any file in the `sound` subdirectory with extension `a`, `b`, or `c`,
# to `/a/filename`, "/b/filename" or `/c/filename`, based on its filename
# and extension.
"sound/*.{a,b,c}" = "/{2}/{1}"

# but, exclude any files in the `sound` subdirectory with filename `excluded`
# The image path is a don't-care value, and has no effect
"!sound/excluded.*" = ""

# Since globs are evaluated in order, this includes any otherwise excluded
# files in the `sound` subdirectory with name `excluded` and extension `c`
"sound/excluded.c" = "/c/excluded"

Assuming xdvdfs.toml and all of the above paths are relative to the current directory, the image can be packed with:

# Produces `dist/image.xiso.iso` with the above configuration
$ xdvdfs build-image

There are other ways to pack the image from other directories:

# Produces `<path-to-source-dir>/dist/image.xiso.iso`
$ xdvdfs build-image <path-to-source-dir>

# Also produces `<path-to-source-dir>/dist/image.xiso.iso`
$ xdvdfs build-image <path-to-source-dir>/xdvdfs.toml

# Produces `./dist/output.xiso.iso` in the current directory
$ xdvdfs build-image <path-to-source-dir> dist/output.xiso.iso

# Produces `<path-to-source-dir>/dist/image.xiso.iso`, with `xdvdfs.toml` not
# necessarily being in `<path-to-source-dir>. Here it is in the current directory
$ xdvdfs build-image -f xdvdfs.toml <path-to-source-dir>

To see what the real mapping is given an xdvdfs.toml without actually packing the image, use the -D or --dry-run flag.

It is also possible to provide all the configuration of an xdvdfs.toml file to build-image in the command line directly.

• Use -O <path> to supply the output field
• Use -m <host-glob>:<image-path> to provide a map rule. This can be repeated, and match in the order given.

These can also be combined with --dry-run to test different mappings.

To convert a set of command line options to build-image into an xdvdfs.toml file, use the xdvdfs image-spec from command with the same arguments.

# Outputs equivalent `xdvdfs.toml` to stdout
$ xdvdfs image-spec from -O dist/image.iso -m "bin:/" -m "assets:/{0}"

# Outputs equivalent `xdvdfs.toml` to a file
$ xdvdfs image-spec from -O dist/image.iso -m "bin:/" -m "assets:/{0}" xdvdfs.toml

The generated spec file can then be used with build-image.

Unpacking

To unpack an image, run:

$ xdvdfs unpack <path to image> [optional output path]

Other Utilities

xdvdfs-cli supports additional utility tools for use with images.