pbzx stream parser

This repository is a fork of PHPdev32's implementation of the pbzx stream parser program of which the original source code can be found here. Pbzx is a format employed in later versions of OSX disk images (starting with 10.10) to encode payload data in .pkg files. Pbzx unpacks .pkg files and outputs to stdout to be unpacked with cpio. Note that .pkg files are plain .xar archives.

pbzx SomePkg.pkg | cpio -i  # or
pbzx -n Payload  | cpio -i

To compile pbzx, do

clang -llzma -lxar -I /usr/local/include pbzx.c -o pbzx

If <lzma.h> or <xar/xar.h> are missing, install them with Homebrew using

brew install xz && brew link xz

Install via Homebrew

You can install pbzx via Homebrew now!

$ brew install pbzx

Changelog

v1.0.2

• Add -v flag to print version of pbzx

v1.0.1

• Support unpacking from stdin and and plain pbzx files (see new command-line parameters)
• Add command-line flags
  • Flag - specifies reading a pbzx file from stdin (currently does not support xar input)
  • Flag -n specifies that the file is a pbzx instead of a xar file
  • Flag -h shows usage and some information, then exits

v1.0.0

• Initial version with exact code from source.

License

Copyright (C) 2017 Niklas Rosenstein Copyright (C) 2014 PHPdev32

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.