GENISOIMAGERC(5)

✨ GENISOIMAGARC — the startup config file for genisoimage 💖

okay bestie so this is the manual for the genisoimagerc config file, and it's in section 5 of the manual pages (File Formats Manual, if you're keeping score 🎀). Basically: it's the lil file that lets you pre-load all your genisoimage settings so you don't have to type them every single time. main character energy for your build scripts, honestly.

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so here's the vibe: genisoimage(1) goes on a little scavenger hunt for a config file, and it stops at the first one it can actually open — like, it's not collecting them all, it just wants one, and it wants the first one it can get. 💅

the search order is:

1. if the GENISOIMAGERC environment variable is set, its value is used as the filename 👑
2. likewise for the MKISOFSRC environment variable ✨
3. then it looks for files named .genisoimagerc or .mkisofsrc, first in the current working directory, then in the user's home directory 🏠
4. next up: /etc/genisoimagerc 🗂️
5. and finally, it looks for a .genisoimagerc in the same directory as genisoimage itself is stored — like, it's checking its own pockets fr fr 🙈

the .genisoimagerc file is made of lines that look like this:

TAG=value

where TAG is one of the settings listed below. the case of the tag does not matter — copy=, COPY=, CoPy=, all slay, all valid. 🦋

every single setting has a command-line equivalent, and if you pass the command-line parameter, it takes priority over the configuration file. the command line is the main character here, no cap. 👑

blank lines and lines starting with # are ignored. so go ahead, comment your config like a responsible icon. 💜

🎀 CONFIGURATION SETTINGS 🎀

• ABST — the abstract information, which is typically the name of a file on the disc that contains an abstract. there's space for 37 characters. equivalent to the -abstract command-line option. 💖
• APPI — the application identifier, and it should describe the application that will be on the disc. there's space for 128 characters. equivalent to the -A command-line option. ✨
• BIBL — the bibliographic information, often the name of a file on the disc containing a bibliography. there's space for 37 characters. equivalent to the -biblio command-line option. 📚
• COPY — the copyright information, typically the name of a file on the disc containing the copyright notice. there's space for 37 characters. equivalent to the -copyright command-line option. ⚖️
• HFS_TYPE — the default TYPE for Macintosh files. must be exactly 4 characters. equivalent to the -hfs-type command-line option. the default value is TEXT. 🍎
• HFS_CREATOR — the default CREATOR for Macintosh files. must be exactly 4 characters. equivalent to the -hfs-creator command-line option. the default value is Unix. 🌈
• PREP — this should describe the preparer of the CD-ROM, usually with a mailing address and phone number. there's space for 128 characters. equivalent to the -p command-line option. 📮
• PUBL — this should describe the publisher of the CD-ROM, usually with a mailing address and phone number. there's space for 128 characters. equivalent to the -publisher command-line option. 🏢
• SYSI — the System Identifier. there's space for 32 characters. equivalent to the -sysid command-line option. 🖥️
• VOLI — the Volume Identifier. there's space for 32 characters. equivalent to the -V command-line option. 💽
• VOLS — the Volume Set Name. there's space for 128 characters. equivalent to the -volset command-line option. 🗃️

also, genisoimage can be configured at compile time with defaults for many of these fields — check out the file defaults.h if you wanna go spelunking. 🔍

⭐ EXAMPLES ⭐

okay so this file right here:

COPY=src/COPYING
SYSI=Multics 75

is literally equivalent to these genisoimage command-line parameters:

-copyright src/COPYING -sysid "Multics 75"

same thing, different font. it's giving "I set it once and never thought about it again." 💅✨

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

genisoimage(1).

💜 AUTHORS 💜

see the genisoimage(1) manual page for credits for the genisoimage program and documentation. they did that. 👑

and that's the whole page bestie — this version is dated 13 Dec 2006 and it's page GENISOIMAGARC(5) of the manual, so now you know exactly where it lives. go forth and configure, you absolute legend 🫶💖🌸