NAME

       ifind - Find the meta-data structure that has allocated a given disk unit or file name.

SYNOPSIS

       ifind  [-avVl]  [-f fstype] [-d data_unit] [-n file] [-p par_inode] [-z ZONE] [-i imgtype] [-o imgoffset]
       [-b dev_sector_size] image [images]

DESCRIPTION

       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.

ARGUMENTS

       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.

EXAMPLES

       # 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

AUTHOR

       Brian Carrier <carrier at sleuthkit dot org>

       Send documentation updates to <doc-updates at sleuthkit dot org>

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