unsquashfs

UNSQUASHFS(1)                                                    UNSQUASHFS(1)



NOM
       unsquashfs - Decompress and extract a Squash file system

SYNOPSIS
       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] ]

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.

OPTIONS
       -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).

AUTHORS
       Squashfs was written by Phillip Lougher
       , 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  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



                               november 02, 2006                 UNSQUASHFS(1)