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4 === Customization _after_ the images have been created
6 While post-build scripts (xref:rootfs-custom[]) are run _before_
7 building the filesystem image, kernel and bootloader, *post-image
8 scripts* can be used to perform some specific actions _after_ all images
11 Post-image scripts can for example be used to automatically extract your
12 root filesystem tarball in a location exported by your NFS server, or
13 to create a special firmware image that bundles your root filesystem and
14 kernel image, or any other custom action required for your project.
16 To enable this feature, specify a space-separated list of post-image
17 scripts in config option +BR2_ROOTFS_POST_IMAGE_SCRIPT+ (in the +System
18 configuration+ menu). If you specify a relative path, it will be
19 relative to the root of the Buildroot tree.
21 Just like post-build scripts, post-image scripts are run with the main
22 Buildroot tree as current working directory. The path to the +images+
23 output directory is passed as the first argument to each script. If the
24 config option +BR2_ROOTFS_POST_SCRIPT_ARGS+ is not empty, these
25 arguments will be passed to the script too. All the scripts will be
26 passed the exact same set of arguments, it is not possible to pass
27 different sets of arguments to each script.
29 Again just like for the post-build scripts, the scripts have access to
30 the environment variables +BR2_CONFIG+, +HOST_DIR+, +STAGING_DIR+,
31 +TARGET_DIR+, +BUILD_DIR+, +BINARIES_DIR+ and +BASE_DIR+.
33 The post-image scripts will be executed as the user that executes
34 Buildroot, which should normally _not_ be the root user. Therefore, any
35 action requiring root permissions in one of these scripts will require
36 special handling (usage of fakeroot or sudo), which is left to the