1UNSQUASHFS(1)           uncompress squashfs filesystems          UNSQUASHFS(1)
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NAME

6       mksquashfs - tool to uncompress squashfs filesystems
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SYNOPSIS

10       unsquashfs [OPTIONS] FILESYSTEM [directories or files to extract]
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DESCRIPTION

14       Squashfs is a highly compressed read-only filesystem for Linux. It uses
15       zlib compression to compress both files, inodes and directories. Inodes
16       in the system are very small and all blocks are packed to minimize data
17       overhead. Block sizes greater than 4K are supported up to a maximum  of
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20       Squashfs is intended for general read-only filesystem use, for archival
21       use (i.e. in cases where a .tar.gz file  may  be  used),  and  in  con‐
22       strained  block device/memory systems (e.g. embedded systems) where low
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OPTIONS

27       -v, -version
28           print version, licence and copyright information.
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30       -d PATHNAME, -dest PATHNAME
31           unsquash to PATHNAME, default "squashfs-root".
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45       -p NUMBER, -processors NUMBER
46           use NUMBER processors. By default will  use  number  of  processors
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53           print files as they are unsquashed with file attributes (like ls -l
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60           list filesystem with file attributes (like ls -l output), but don't
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83   Decompressors available
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86       lzma
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SEE ALSO

96       mksquashfs(1)
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HOMEPAGE

100       More information about unsquashfs and the squashfs  filesystem  can  be
101       found at <http://squashfs.sourceforge.net/>.
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AUTHOR

105       squashfs   was   written  by  Phillip  Lougher  <plougher@users.source‐
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108       This  manual  page  was  written   by   Daniel   Baumann   <daniel.bau‐
109       mann@progress-technologies.net>. With some updates for 4.3 for use with
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