NOM
unsquashfs − Decompress and extract a Squash file system
SYNOPSIS
unsquashfs [−v[ersion]] | |
unsquashfs [−l[s] list filesystem only] | |
unsquashfs filesystem to_extract [options] [−i[nfo]] [−d[est] target] [−f[force] ] |
DESCRIPTION
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.
unsquashfs only supports squashfs 3.0 file systems at the moment.
OPTIONS
−v[ersion]
print version, licence and copyright message.
−i[nfo]
print files as they are unsquashed.
−l[s]
list filesystem only, doesn’t decompress anything.
−d[est] pathname
decompress to pathname. This default to squashfs−root.
−f[orce]
if file already exists then overwrite.
AUTHORS
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 <arnaud [AT] andesi.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
Copyright © 2006 Arnaud Fontaine