.Dd $Mdocdate: October 7 2015 $
.Dt INITRDFS 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm initrdfs
.Nd view initialization ramdisk
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm initrdfs
.Op Fl \-check
.Ar initrd
.Oo
ls
.Op Fl a
.Ar path
|
cat
.Ar path
.Oc
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
opens a
.Xr initrd 7
made with
.Xr mkinitrd 8
and lets you view the stored directories and files.
.Pp
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width "12345678"
.It Fl a
.Sy ( ls )
Include directory entries whose names begin with a
dot
.Pq Sq \&. .
.It Fl \-check
Exit unsucessfully if the checksum is invalid.
.El
.Pp
.Nm
supports these commands:
.Bl -tag -width "cat"
.It Sy ls
List the directory
.Pa path .
.It Sy cat
Show the contents of the file
.Pa path .
.El
.Sh EXIT STATUS
.Nm
will exit 0 on success and non-zero otherwise.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr initrd 7 ,
.Xr mkinitrd 8
.Sh BUGS
.Nm
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.