1affconvert(1)      convert files between RAW and AFF formats     affconvert(1)
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NAME

6       affconvert - convert files between RAW and AFF formats
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SYNOPSIS

9       affconvert [options] file1 [... files]
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DESCRIPTION

12       Convert  files  from RAW to AFF, AFF to RAW and AFF to AFF (recompress‐
13       ing/uncompressing). WARNING: the source file must have 'raw'  or  'aff'
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16       This file is part of the AFFLIBv3, that provides AFF.
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18       AFF  is  an  open  and  extensible file format to store disk images and
19       associated metadata. It is useful in  several  scenaries,  as  computer
20       forensics investigations.
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OPTIONS

23       General options:
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25              -q     Quiet mode. Don't ask questions, don't print status.
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27              -V     Just print the version number and exit.
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31              -a<ext>
32                     Use  'ext'  for  aff  files  (default is aff; afd for AFD
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35              -L     Use the LZMA compression algorithm (better but slower).
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37              -Mn[kmg]
38                     Set maximum size of output file. Suffix with k, m  or  g.
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41              -O<dir>
42                     Use  'dir' as the output directory. Example: -Otest. Note
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45              -o<dir>.afd
46                     Output to 'dir'.afd (can only convert  one  at  a  time).
47                     Consider  AFF  if file ends using .aff. Otherwise assumes
48                     raw. The directory must have .afd as extension in name.
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50              -s<n>  Set the image_pagesize as 'n' (default 16777216).
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52              -x     Don't compress the AFF file.
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54              -X<n>  Set compression to 'n'; default is 7.
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58              -e<ext>
59                     Use 'ext' for the raw files (default is raw). Implies  in
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62              -r     Generate raw output.
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64       Dangerous input options:
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66              -y     Always answer yes/no questions 'yes.'
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68              -Z     Do not automatically probe for gzip/bzip2 compression.
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70              -z     ZAP (delete) the output file if it already exists.
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EXAMPLES

73       Convert file1.raw to file1.aff:
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77       Convert file1.aff to file1.raw:
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81       Batch convert files:
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83           $ affconvert file1.raw file2.raw file3.raw
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86           $ affconvert -r file1.aff file2.aff file3.aff
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88       Split an AFF file into 4GB chunks for archiving to DVD:
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90           $ affconvert -M4g -odvd.afd  bigfile.aff
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SEE ALSO

93       affcat(1),  affcompare(1),  affcopy(1),  affcrypto(1), affdiskprint(1),
94       affinfo(1), affix(1), affrecover(1), affsegment(1),  affsign(1),  affs‐
95       tats(1), affuse(1), affverify(1), affxml(1)
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AUTHOR

98       The  AFFLIB  was  written  by Simson L. Garfinkel <simsong@acm.org> and
99       Basis Technology, Inc.
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101       This manual page  was  written  by  Joao  Eriberto  Mota  Filho  <erib‐
102       erto@debian.org> for the Debian project (but may be used by others).
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106AFFCONVERT 3.7.4                   Oct 2014                      affconvert(1)
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