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 <[email protected]>, 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 <[email protected]> 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