ifind - Find the meta-data structure that has allocated a given disk unit or
file name.
ifind [-avVl] [-f fstype] [-d data_unit] [-n file] [-p par_inode] [-z
ZONE] [-i imgtype] [-o imgoffset] [-b dev_sector_size] image
[images]
ifind finds the meta-data structure that has
data_unit allocated a
data unit or has a given file name. In some cases any of the structures can be
unallocated and this will still find the results.
There are several required and optional arguments. The image file names must be
specified each time:
- image [images]
- The disk or partition image to read, whose format is given
with '-i'. Multiple image file names can be given if the image is split
into multiple segments. If only one image file is given, and its name is
the first in a sequence (e.g., as indicated by ending in '.001'),
subsequent image segments will be included automatically.
You must also specify what you are looking for and include one of the following:
- -d data_unit
- Finds the meta data structure that has allocated a given
data unit (block, cluster, etc.)
- -n file
- Finds the meta data structure that is pointed to by the
given file name.
- -p par_inode
- Finds the unallocated MFT entries in an NTFS image that
have the given inode as the parent. Can be used with '-l and -z'.
There are also several optional arguments:
- -a
- Find all meta-data structures (only works when looking with
a data_unit).
- -f fstype
- Specify the file system type. Use '-f list' to list the
supported file system types. If not given, autodetection methods are
used.
- -l
- List the details of each file found with '-p', like 'fls
-l'.
- -i imgtype
- Identify the type of image file, such as raw. Use '-i list'
to list the supported types. If not given, autodetection methods are
used.
- -o imgoffset
- The sector offset where the file system starts in the
image.
- -b dev_sector_size
- The size, in bytes, of the underlying device sectors. If
not given, the value in the image format is used (if it exists) or
512-bytes is assumed.
- -v
- Verbose output to stderr.
- -V
- Display version.
- -z ZONE
- If '-p -l' were given, this will set the timezone for the
correct times.
# ifind -f fat -d 456 fat-img.dd
# ifind -f linux-ext2 -n "/etc/" linux-img.dd
# ifind -f ntfs -p 5 -l -z EST5EDT ntfs-img.dd
Brian Carrier <carrier at sleuthkit dot org>
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