NAME¶

singularity-overlay-create - Create EXT3 writable overlay image

SYNOPSIS¶

singularity overlay create image

DESCRIPTION¶

The overlay create command allows to create EXT3 writable overlay image either
as a single EXT3 image or by adding it automatically to an existing SIF image.

OPTIONS¶

--create-dir=[] directory to create as part of the overlay layout

-h, --help[=false] help for create

-s, --size=64 size of the EXT3 writable overlay in MiB

EXAMPLE¶

  To create and add a writable overlay to an existing SIF image:


  $ singularity overlay create --size 1024 /tmp/image.sif


  To create a single EXT3 writable overlay image:


  $ singularity overlay create --size 1024 /tmp/my_overlay.img

SEE ALSO¶

singularity-overlay(1)

HISTORY¶

20-Feb-2022 Auto generated by spf13/cobra