NAME

initrdfs — view initialization ramdisk

SYNOPSIS

initrdfs

[--check] initrd [ls [-a] path | cat path]

DESCRIPTION

initrdfs opens a initrd(7) made with mkinitrd(8) and lets you view the stored directories and files. The options are as follows:

-a

(ls) Include directory entries whose names begin with a dot (‘.’).

--check

Exit unsucessfully if the checksum is invalid.

initrdfs supports these commands:

ls

List the directory path.

cat

Show the contents of the file path.

EXIT STATUS

initrdfs will exit 0 on success and non-zero otherwise.

SEE ALSO

initrd(7), mkinitrd(8)

BUGS

initrdfs is severely feature limited and doesn't actually let you extract an initrd or view all the contained meta information. It's also not a filesystem driver.