unsquashfs(8)

Usage

unsquashfs [-v [ersion]]

unsquashfs [-l [s] list filesystem only]

unsquashfs filesystem to_extract [options] [-i [nfo]] [-d [est] target] [-f [force]]

Nom

unsquashfs - Decompress and extract a Squash file system

Overview

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.