---
name: "fsapfsinfo"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "libfsapfs-utils"
version: "20240429-1+b1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/fsapfsinfo"
---

# fsapfsinfo(1)

determines information about an Apple File System (APFS)

## NAME

**fsapfsinfo** – determines information about an Apple File System (APFS)

## SYNOPSIS

**fsapfsinfo** \[**-B** *bodyfile*\] \[**-E** *identifier*\] \[**-f** *file\_system\_index*\] \[**-F** *path*\] \[**-o** *offset*\] \[**-p** *password*\] \[**-r** *password*\] \[**-dhHvV**\] *source*

## DESCRIPTION

**fsapfsinfo** is a utility to determine information about an Apple File System (APFS)

**fsapfsinfo** is part of the **libfsapfs** package. **libfsapfs** is a library to access the Apple File System (APFS) format

*source* is the source file.

The options are as follows:

- **-B** *bodyfile*

  output file system information as a bodyfile

- **-d**

  calculate a MD5 hash of a file entry to include in the bodyfile

- **-E** *identifier*

  show information about a specific file system entry or "all"

- **-f** *file\_system\_index*

  show information about a specific file system or "all"

- **-F** *path*

  show information about a specific file entry path

- **-h**

  shows this help

- **-H**

  shows the file system hierarchy

- **-o** *offset*

  specify the volume offset

- **-p** *password*

  specify the password

- **-r** *password*

  specify the recovery password

- **-v**

  verbose output to stderr

- **-V**

  print version

## ENVIRONMENT

None

## FILES

None

## EXAMPLES

```
# fsapfsinfo -o 20480 image.dmg
fsapfsinfo 20220728

Apple File System (APFS) information:

Container information:
        Identifier                      : d08a9fa0-d5a5-458b-813e-ebf9bf5d5338
        Number of volumes               : 1

Volume: 1 information:
        Identifier                      : 458ed10d-8ac3-4af1-8dfd-3954d151a3f3
        Name                            : apfs_test
        Compatible features             : 0x00000002
                (NX_FEATURE_LCFD)
        Incompatible features           : 0x00000001
                (NX_INCOMPAT_VERSION1)
        Read-only compatible features   : 0x00000000
        Number of snapshots             : 0

```

## 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 to \<joachim.metz@gmail.com\> or on the project website: https://github.com/libyal/libfsapfs/

## AUTHOR

These man pages were written by Joachim Metz.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2018-2022, 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

[fsapfsmount(1)](/fsapfsmount/1.md)