desync(1)

NAME
desync-tar - Store a directory tree in a catar archive or index

SYNOPSIS
desync tar <catar|index> <source> [flags]

DESCRIPTION
Encodes a directory tree into a catar archive or alternatively an index file with the archive chunked into a store. Use '-' to write the output, catar or index to STDOUT.

If the desired output is an index file (caidx) rather than a catar, the -i option can be provided as well as a store. Using -i is equivalent to first using the tar command to create a catar, then the make command to chunk it into a store and produce an index file. With -i, less disk space is required as no intermediary catar is created. There can however be a difference in performance depending on file size.

By default, input is read from local disk. Using --input-format=tar, the input can be a tar file or a stream from STDIN with '-'.

OPTIONS
--ca-cert=""
    trust authorities in this file, instead of OS trust store

-r, --cache-repair[=true]
    replace invalid chunks in the cache from source

-m, --chunk-size="16:64:256"
    min:avg:max chunk size in kb

--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 tar

-i, --index[=false]
    create index file (caidx), not catar

--input-format="disk"
    input format, 'disk' or 'tar'

--no-time[=false]
    set file timestamps to zero in the archive

-x, --one-file-system[=false]
    don't cross filesystem boundaries

-s, --store=""
    target store (used with -i)

--tar-add-root[=false]
    pretend that all tar elements have a common root directory

-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 tar documents.catar $HOME/Documents
      desync tar -i -s /path/to/local pics.caidx $HOME/Pictures

SEE ALSO
desync(1)

HISTORY
5-Sep-2026 Auto generated by spf13/cobra