xfs_protofile - create a protofile for use with mkfs.xfs

       Filenames cannot contain spaces.  Extended attributes are not copied into the filesystem.

                                                                                                xfs_protofile(8)

xfs_protofile  walks  a directory tree to generate a protofile.  The protofile format is specified in the
       mkfs.xfs(8) manual page and is derived from 3rd edition Unix.

       xfs_protofile - create a protofile for use with mkfs.xfs

path      Create protofile directives to copy this path into the  root  directory.   If  the  path  is  a
                 directory, protofile directives will be emitted to replicate the entire subtree as a subtree of
                 the  root directory.  If the path is a not a directory, protofile directives will be emitted to
                 create the file as an entry in the root directory.  The first path must resolve to a directory.

xfs_protofilepath [ paths...  ]
       xfs_protofile-V