UNSQUASHFS(1) UNSQUASHFS(1)
unsquashfs - Decompress and extract a Squash file system
unsquashfs [-v[ersion]]
unsquashfs [-l[s] list filesystem only]
[-ll[s] list filesystem only with file attributes]
unsquashfs filesystem to_extract [options] [-i[nfo]] [-li[nfo]]
[-d[est] target] [-e[f] extract file] [-r[egex] ]
[-f[force] ]
A squashfs is a compressed read-only file system. Use the unsquashfs
program to decompress and extract a Squash file system without mounting
it. unsquashfs is able to extract the entire file system or a specific
file or directory.
-v[ersion]
print version, licence and copyright message.
-i[nfo]
print files as they are unsquashed.
-li[info]
print files as they are unsquashed with file attributes (like ls -l
output).
-l[s]
list filesystem only, doesn't decompress anything.
-ll[s]
list filesystem only with file attributes, doesn't decompress
anything.
-d[est] pathname
decompress to pathname. This default to squashfs-root.
-f[orce]
if file already exists then overwrite.
-s[tat]
display filesystem superblock information.
-e[f] extract file
list of directories or files to extract. One per line.
-r[egex]
treat extract names as POSIX regular expressions rather than use
the default shell wildcard expansion (globbing).
Squashfs was written by Phillip Lougher
<plougher [AT] users.net>, in Chepstow, Wales, UK. If you like
the program, or have any problems, then please email me, as it's nice
to get feedback !
This manual page was written by Arnaud Fontaine <arnau [AT] debian.org> for
the Debian(TM) system (but may be used by others). Permission is
granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms
of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 any later version
published by the Free Software Foundation.
On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License
can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.
Copyright (C) 2006 Arnaud Fontaine
november 02, 2006 UNSQUASHFS(1)