---
name: "vshadowmount"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "libvshadow-utils"
version: "20240504-1+b1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/vshadowmount"
---

# vshadowmount(1)

mounts a Windows NT Volume Shadow Snapshot (VSS) volume

## NAME

**vshadowmount** – mounts a Windows NT Volume Shadow Snapshot (VSS) volume

## SYNOPSIS

**vshadowmount** \[**-o** *offset*\] \[**-X** *extended\_options*\] \[**-hvV**\] *source*

## DESCRIPTION

**vshadowmount** is a utility to mount a Windows NT Volume Shadow Snapshot (VSS) volume

**vshadowmount** is part of the **libvshadow** package. **libvshadow** is a library to access the Windows NT Volume Shadow Snapshot (VSS) format

*source* is the source file.

The options are as follows:

- **-h**

  shows this help

- **-o** *offset*

  specify the volume offset in bytes

- **-v**

  verbose output to stderr

- **-V**

  print version

- **-X** *extended\_options*

  extended options to pass to sub system

## ENVIRONMENT

None

## FILES

None

## EXAMPLES

```
# vshadowmount /dev/sda1
vshadowmount 20130113
```

## 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/libvshadow/

## AUTHOR

These man pages were written by Joachim Metz.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2011-2024, 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

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