hivexget(1)
NAME
hivexget - Get subkey from a Windows Registry binary "hive" file
SYNOPSIS
hivexget hivefile '\Path\To\SubKey' hivexget hivefile '\Path\To\SubKey' name
DESCRIPTION
Note: This is a low-level tool. For a more convenient way to navigate the Windows Registry in Windows virtual machines, see virt-win-reg(1).
This program navigates through a Windows Registry binary "hive" file
and extracts either all the (key, value) data pairs stored in that
subkey or just the single named data item.
- In the first form:
- hivexget hivefile '\Path\To\SubKey'
- "hivefile" is some Windows Registry binary hive, and "\Path\To\Subkey"
is a path within that hive. NB the path is relative to the top of this
hive, and is not the full path as you would use in Windows (eg.
"\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE" is not a valid path). - If the subkey exists, then the output lists all data pairs under this
subkey, in a format compatible with "regedit" in Windows. - In the second form:
hivexget hivefile '\Path\To\SubKey' name- "hivefile" and path are as above. "name" is the name of the value of
interest (use "@" for the default value). - The corresponding data item is printed "raw" (ie. no processing or
escaping) except: - 1. If it's a string we will convert it from Windows UTF-16 to UTF-8,
if this conversion is possible. The string is printed with a
single trailing newline. - 2. If it's a multiple-string value, each string is printed on a
separate line. - 3. If it's a numeric value, it is printed as a decimal number.
SEE ALSO
hivex(3), hivexml(1), hivexsh(1), virt-win-reg(1), guestfs(3), <http://libguestfs.org/>, virt-cat(1), virt-edit(1).
AUTHORS
Richard W.M. Jones ("rjones at redhat dot com")
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2009 Red Hat Inc.
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