mkextunpack8

Usage

Deprecated

The mkextunpack utility has been deprecated.

Overview

The mkextunpack program lists the contents of a multikext file, mkext_file, or unarchives the contents into output_directory (which must exist). The -v option causes mkextunpack to print the name if each kext as it finds them.

Diagnostics

mkextunpack exits with a zero status upon success. Upon failure, it prints an error message and exits with a nonzero status.

With a nonsegreated format 1 mkext file, wherein each kext may contain a universal binary, mkextunpack simply unpacks the contents. With an mkext file segregated by architecture (that is, with distinct internal archives of architecture-specific kexts), mkextunpack attempts by default to unpack or list kexts for the current machine's architecture. To choose a particular architecture to extract or list, use the -a option.

There is no simple way to unpack a segregated mkext file into a set of kexts with universal binaries, but you can unpack each of its component architectures to separate directories for examination.