---
name: "creginfo"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "libcreg-utils"
version: "20240419-1+b1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/creginfo"
---

# creginfo(1)

determines information about a Windows 9x/Me Registry File (CREG)

## NAME

**creginfo** – determines information about a Windows 9x/Me Registry File (CREG)

## SYNOPSIS

**creginfo** \[**-c** *codepage*\] \[**-hHvV**\] *source*

## DESCRIPTION

**creginfo** is a utility to determine information about a Windows 9x/Me Registry File (CREG)

**creginfo** is part of the **libcreg** package. **libcreg** is a library to access the Windows 9x/Me Registry File (CREG) format

*source* is the source file.

The options are as follows:

- **-c** *codepage*

  specify the codepage of ASCII strings, options: ascii, windows-874, windows-932, windows-936, windows-949, windows-950, windows-1250, windows-1251, windows-1252 (default), windows-1253, windows-1254, windows-1255, windows-1256, windows-1257 or windows-1258

- **-h**

  shows this help

- **-H**

  shows the key and value hierarcy

- **-v**

  verbose output to stderr

- **-V**

  print version

## ENVIRONMENT

None

## FILES

None

## EXAMPLES

```
# creginfo SYSTEM.DAT
creginfo -H 20210617
Windows 9x/Me Registry File information:
        Version:        1.3
Key hierarchy
(key:) $$$PROTO.HIV
 (key:) AppEvents
  (key:) EventLabels
   (key:) .Default
    (value: 0) (default)
...
```

## DIAGNOSTICS

Errors, verbose and debug output are printed to stderr when verbose output -v is enabled. Verbose and debug output are only printed when enabled at compilation.

## BUGS

Please report bugs of any kind on the project issue tracker: https://github.com/libyal/libcreg/issues

## AUTHOR

These man pages were written by Joachim Metz.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2013-2021, Joachim Metz \<joachim.metz@gmail.com\>. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

## SEE ALSO