NAME

       ch-builder2tar - Flatten a builder image into a Charliecloud image tarball

SYNOPSIS

          $ ch-builder2tar [-b BUILDER] [--nocompress] IMAGE OUTDIR

DESCRIPTION

       WARNING:
          This script is deprecated in favor of ch-convert. It will be removed in the next release.

       Flatten the builder image tagged IMAGE into a Charliecloud tarball in directory OUTDIR.

       The  builder-specified  environment  (e.g.,  ENV  statements)  is  placed  in  a  file  in the tarball at
       $IMAGE/ch/environment, in a form suitable for ch-run --set-env.

       See ch-build(1) for details on specifying the builder.

       Additional arguments:

          -b, --builder BUILDER
                 Use specified builder; if not given, use $CH_BUILDER or default.

          --nocompress
                 Do not compress tarball.

          --help Print help and exit.

          --version
                 Print version and exit.

EXAMPLE

          $ ch-builder2tar hello /var/tmp
          57M /var/tmp/hello.tar.gz
          $ ls -lh /var/tmp
          -rw-r-----  1 reidpr reidpr  57M Feb 13 16:14 hello.tar.gz

REPORTING BUGS

       If Charliecloud was obtained  from  your  Linux  distribution,  use  your  distribution’s  bug  reporting
       procedures.

       Otherwise, report bugs to: https://github.com/hpc/charliecloud/issues

SEE ALSO

       charliecloud(7)

       Full documentation at: <https://hpc.github.io/charliecloud>

COPYRIGHT

       2014–2021, Triad National Security, LLC

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