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Libsmraw

The libsmraw package contains a library and applications to read and write (split) RAW storage media bitstream copies. Libsmraw contains supports for multiple (split) RAW naming schemes.

History

Libsmraw was created by Joachim Metz in 2010, while working for Hoffmann Investigations. Libsmraw is a rewrite of earlier work for the proof-of-concept multi-threaded imager: GNOME Forensic Imager.

Tools

The libsmraw package contains the following tools:

  • smrawmount, which FUSE mounts (split) RAW image files.

The libsmraw package also contains the following bindings:

  • pysmraw, bindings for Python (libsmraw 20140621 or later).

Examples

FUSE mounting a split RAW image (libsmraw 20110916 or later)

smrawmount image.raw.000 mount_point

Or:

smrawmount image.raw.??? mount_point

Also See

RAW Image format