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NAME

6       apptainer-overlay-create - Create EXT3 writable overlay image
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SYNOPSIS

11       apptainer overlay create  image
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DESCRIPTION

16       The overlay create command allows to create EXT3 writable overlay image
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OPTIONS

24       --create-dir=[]      directory to create as part of the overlay layout
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27       -h, --help[=false]      help for create
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30       -s, --size=64      size of the EXT3 writable overlay in MiB
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EXAMPLE

35                To create and add a writable overlay to an existing SIF image:
36                $ apptainer overlay create --size 1024 /tmp/image.sif
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38                To create a single EXT3 writable overlay image:
39                $ apptainer overlay create --size 1024 /tmp/my_overlay.img
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SEE ALSO

45       apptainer-overlay(1)
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HISTORY

50       22-Jun-2022 Auto generated by spf13/cobra
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54Auto generated by spf13/cobra      Jun 2022                       apptainer(1)