VSHADOWMOUNT(1)

NAME
vshadowmount - mounts a Volume Service Snapshot (VSS) volume

SYNOPSIS
vshadowmount [-o offset] [-X extended_options] [-hvV] source mount_point

DESCRIPTION
vshadowmount is a utility to mount a Volume Service Snapshot (VSS) volume

vshadowmount is part of the libvshadow package. libvshadow is a library to access the Volume Shadow Snapshot (VSS) format

source a Volume Service Snapshot (VSS) volume mount_point the directory to serve as mount point

The options are as follows:

-h  shows this help

-o offset
    specify the volume offset in bytes

-v  verbose output to stderr, while vshadowmount will remain running in the foreground

-V  print version

-X extended_options
    extended options to pass to sub system

ENVIRONMENT
None

FILES
None

EXAMPLES

    # vshadowmount image1.raw /mnt/vshadow
    vshadowmount 20260714

DIAGNOSTICS
Errors, verbose and debug output are printed to stderr when verbose output -v is enabled. Verbose and debug output are only printed when enabled at compilation.

SEE ALSO
vshadowinfo(1)

AUTHORS
Joachim Metz <joachim.metz@gmail.com>

BUGS
Please report bugs of any kind on the project issue tracker: https://github.com/libyal/libvshadow/issues

COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2011-2026, Joachim Metz <joachim.metz@gmail.com>.

This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.