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Why use this over aunpack? https://linux.die.net/man/1/aunpack https://linux.die.net/man/1/aunpack
by alanbernstein 4y ago
Why use this over aunpack? https://linux.die.net/man/1/aunpack https://linux.die.net/man/1/aunpack
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- kissgyorgy 4y agoThere are multiple reasons: 1. it already supports more formats [1] than atool. 2. It's written in Python and easily extendable by anyone interested supporting their own formats. [2] 3. It's probably faster because of hyperscan. 4. More reasons :) [3] [1]: https://unblob.org/formats/ https://unblob.org/formats/ [2]: https://unblob.org/development/#writing-handlers https://unblob.org/development/#writing-handlers [3]: https://unblob.org/#why-unblob https://unblob.org/#why-unblob
- wrayjustin 4y ago`unblob` is closer to `binwalk` than it is to `aunpack` See: https://github.com/ReFirmLabs/binwalk https://github.com/ReFirmLabs/binwalk