Convert a HFS-plus volume image to a tar archive in user space
hfs2tar is a small little tool that will convert a raw image of a HFS-plus volume (including the Apple Partition Map) to a tar archive. WARNING: this is work in progress - there are still many limitiations. See Issues.
hfs2tar requires a modern compiler supporting C++0x/C++11 and requires the boost libraries. You can compile the code by executing: 'make'
hfs2tar raw-image-filename.img > volume.tar
The input image must be in raw format, i.e. DMG images are not supported and must be converted with dmg2img (http://vu1tur.eu.org/tools/). Furthermore, the image must contain an Apple Partition Map. See issues.
This software is experimental and work in progress. The following limitations are known:
- hfs2tar only understands raw image files. DMG files must be converted with dmg2img (http://vu1tur.eu.org/tools/) before using them with hfs2tar.
- The images must also contain an apple partition map - this is the default with most Mac OS X disk images.
- The first HFS-plus partition in the image is converted to a tar archive. All other partitions are ignored.
- Currently, hfs2tar does not support HFS files that require the extents overflow feature. This feature is uncommon and typically only used on highly fragmented disk images.
- Modification times of the tar archive will be incorrect.
Fabian Renn, [email protected] https://github.com/hogliux/hfs2tar