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UNMKINITRAMFS(8) | System Administration | UNMKINITRAMFS(8) |
NAME¶
unmkinitramfs - extract content from an initramfs imageSYNOPSIS¶
unmkinitramfs [-v] initramfs-file directoryunmkinitramfs -h
DESCRIPTION¶
The unmkinitramfs command extracts the content of a given initramfs image using cpio. If the image contains multiple segments, each are passed to cpio in order.OPTIONS¶
- -h
- Display usage information and exit.
- -v
- Display verbose messages about extraction.
USAGE EXAMPLES¶
Extract initramfs content of current running kernel:unmkinitramfs /boot/initrd.img-$(uname -r) initramfs/
BUGS¶
unmkinitramfs cannot deal with multiple-segmented initramfs images, except where an early (uncompressed) initramfs with system firmware is prepended to the regular compressed initramfs.AUTHOR¶
The initramfs-tools are written by Maximilian Attems <maks@debian.org> and numerous others.SEE ALSO¶
initramfs-tools(7), lsinitramfs(8), mkinitramfs(8), update-initramfs(8).2016/12/15 | initramfs-tools |