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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