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== File System Manipulation == | == File System Manipulation == | ||
* [https://github.com/aaru-dps/Aaru Aaru] supports a fairly comprehensive collection of disk image, partition table, and file system formats, and is built with the Microsoft .NET Framework - builds exist, for several operating systems. | * [https://github.com/aaru-dps/Aaru Aaru] supports a fairly comprehensive collection of disk image, partition table, and file system formats, and is built with the Microsoft .NET Framework - builds exist, for several operating systems. | ||
* [https://linux.die.net/man/8/kpartx kpartx] is a fairly standard command to automatically create loop devices for whole disk images (assuming regular partition table types Linux can understand) | * [https://linux.die.net/man/8/kpartx kpartx] is a fairly standard command to automatically create loop devices for whole disk images (assuming regular partition table types Linux can understand). | ||
* [https://osxfuse.github.io/ macFUSE] allows you to use FUSE filesystems on macOS | * [https://osxfuse.github.io/ macFUSE] allows you to use FUSE filesystems on macOS. | ||
== Archive Manipulation == | == Archive Manipulation == | ||
* 7-Zip supports the Windows Imaging format (<code>.WIM</code>) disk images, with LZX compression, as used by Windows 8.1 | * [https://www.7-zip.org/ 7-Zip] supports the Windows Imaging format (<code>.WIM</code>) disk images, with LZX compression, as used by Windows 8.1. | ||
* [https://github.com/MacPaw/XADMaster XADMaster] supports a fairly comprehensive collection of compression, and archival formats, and can also expand some disk image formats - this seems to be the basis of the "unar" utility, provided for Ubuntu, and some other Linux distributions. | * [https://github.com/MacPaw/XADMaster XADMaster] supports a fairly comprehensive collection of compression, and archival formats, and can also expand some disk image formats - this seems to be the basis of the "unar" utility, provided for Ubuntu, and some other Linux distributions. | ||
* [https://github.com/twogood/unshield unshield] is a CLI tool, for unpacking various flavours of InstallShield archive | * [https://github.com/twogood/unshield unshield] is a CLI tool, for unpacking various flavours of InstallShield archive. | ||
== Firmware Image Extraction == | == Firmware Image Extraction == | ||
* The [http://marksmods.com/Hack-the-L7/zip/random.zip RandomSHX] utility, for Windows will extract the contents of some Motorola P2K (e.g. A835) "UNIX Generated SuperFile" firmware archives - this requires Windows, and does not work with UNC paths | * The [http://marksmods.com/Hack-the-L7/zip/random.zip RandomSHX] utility, for Windows will extract the contents of some Motorola P2K (e.g. A835) "UNIX Generated SuperFile" firmware archives - this requires Windows, and does not work with UNC paths. | ||
* The <code>srecord</code> package, under Ubuntu contains a utility, that can convert Motorola S-Record files, into plain binaries: (for example <code>srec_cat C139_V1.0.03.E.m0 -Output C139_V1.0.03.E.bin -Binary</code> | * The <code>srecord</code> package, under Ubuntu contains a utility, that can convert Motorola S-Record files, into plain binaries: (for example <code>srec_cat C139_V1.0.03.E.m0 -Output C139_V1.0.03.E.bin -Binary</code>). | ||
* BinWalk is extremely useful, for extracting files, and resources out of firmware images, executables, and file system structures | * BinWalk is extremely useful, for extracting files, and resources out of firmware images, executables, and file system structures. | ||
== Binary reverse engineering == | == Binary reverse engineering == | ||
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* [https://www.dependencywalker.com/ Dependency Walker] for understanding Windows program dependencies and what's used by the program, helpful for software archaeology. | * [https://www.dependencywalker.com/ Dependency Walker] for understanding Windows program dependencies and what's used by the program, helpful for software archaeology. | ||
* [https://ghidra-sre.org/ Ghidra] is an open-source set of RE tools, including a set of decompilers and disassemblers for most binary formats. | * [https://ghidra-sre.org/ Ghidra] is an open-source set of RE tools, including a set of decompilers and disassemblers for most binary formats. | ||
== Development tools == | |||
* [https://github.com/davidgiven/ack The Amsterdam Compiler Kit] is one of the few (mostly) C99 compilers around that can still target a PDP-11 Unix v7 target. | |||
* [https://github.com/JuliaHubOSS/llvm-cbe llvm-cbe] is the C backend for LLVM -- it can convert LLVM bytecode into C (useful for compiling modern C++ targeting systems that don't have a functional modern C++ compiler, for example). | |||
* [https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/gnuish/gnuish_t.htm GNUish Project] is a port of UNIX standard utilities for DOS with family mode support (useful for replacing equivalent utilities that cannot be ran under OS/2). | |||
[[Category:Preservation and Documentation]] | [[Category:Preservation and Documentation]] | ||
Latest revision as of 16:53, 24 January 2023
File System Manipulation
- Aaru supports a fairly comprehensive collection of disk image, partition table, and file system formats, and is built with the Microsoft .NET Framework - builds exist, for several operating systems.
- kpartx is a fairly standard command to automatically create loop devices for whole disk images (assuming regular partition table types Linux can understand).
- macFUSE allows you to use FUSE filesystems on macOS.
Archive Manipulation
- 7-Zip supports the Windows Imaging format (
.WIM) disk images, with LZX compression, as used by Windows 8.1. - XADMaster supports a fairly comprehensive collection of compression, and archival formats, and can also expand some disk image formats - this seems to be the basis of the "unar" utility, provided for Ubuntu, and some other Linux distributions.
- unshield is a CLI tool, for unpacking various flavours of InstallShield archive.
Firmware Image Extraction
- The RandomSHX utility, for Windows will extract the contents of some Motorola P2K (e.g. A835) "UNIX Generated SuperFile" firmware archives - this requires Windows, and does not work with UNC paths.
- The
srecordpackage, under Ubuntu contains a utility, that can convert Motorola S-Record files, into plain binaries: (for examplesrec_cat C139_V1.0.03.E.m0 -Output C139_V1.0.03.E.bin -Binary).
- BinWalk is extremely useful, for extracting files, and resources out of firmware images, executables, and file system structures.
Binary reverse engineering
- Dependency Walker for understanding Windows program dependencies and what's used by the program, helpful for software archaeology.
- Ghidra is an open-source set of RE tools, including a set of decompilers and disassemblers for most binary formats.
Development tools
- The Amsterdam Compiler Kit is one of the few (mostly) C99 compilers around that can still target a PDP-11 Unix v7 target.
- llvm-cbe is the C backend for LLVM -- it can convert LLVM bytecode into C (useful for compiling modern C++ targeting systems that don't have a functional modern C++ compiler, for example).
- GNUish Project is a port of UNIX standard utilities for DOS with family mode support (useful for replacing equivalent utilities that cannot be ran under OS/2).