UNMKINITRAMFS(8) unmkinitramfs manual UNMKINITRAMFS(8)NAME
unmkinitramfs - extract content from an initramfs image
SYNOPSIS
unmkinitramfs [options] <initramfsfile> <directory>
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 ALSOinitramfs-tools(8), lsinitramfs(8), mkinitramfs(8), update-
initramfs(8).
Linux 2016/02/09 UNMKINITRAMFS(8)