NAME

fsextract - Extract an fscat archive.

SYNOPSIS

fsextract [-t] [-v] [-j|-z] [-f file]

DESCRIPTION

fscat is a system to read a filesystem off of a raw device and archive or copy its files. This allows administrators to recover data when drivers are not available, and even when the storage is slightly corrupt.

The fsextract program extracts archives in the fscat native format. These archives are created by the fscat(8) program. By default, fsextract reads from standard input. It also can read from archive files. The fsextract program can uncompress archive files and streams compressed with with gzip or bzip2.

The fsextract program extracts the archive to the current directory.

OPTIONS

-f file
Read archive from the named file instead of standard input. The file name ``-'' is equivalent to standard input. If compression options are given, fsextract will attempt to determine the compression from the file name (eg, ``foo.fscat.gz'' will turn on gzip decompression). If any compression options are given, the file name will not be interpreted at all.

-h, --help
Print a short usage summary.

-j
Decompress using the bzip2 compression program.

-t
List the contents of the archive.

-V, --version
Print the fsextract program version number.

-v
Increase the verbosity level.

-z
Decompress using the gzip compression program.

SEE ALSO

fscat(8) fscp(8) fsls(8)

AUTHOR

Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2005 Oracle. All rights reserved.

This program is free software; see the file COPYING in the source distribution for the terms under which it can be redistributed and/or modified.