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| author |   Barry J. Grundy | 2017-03-29 21:25:43 +0200 |
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| committer |   Willy Sudiarto Raharjo | 2017-04-01 01:57:02 +0200 |
| commit | 7d6aa2d75b81ad051bdee93551e44381979968f6 (patch) | |
| tree | 27169366086381e3ae81ad516114155970bcd42d /system/bulk_extractor/README | |
| parent | eda4b5082987a84dbe050d844a5ddab5ed1e20cf (diff) | |
| download | slackbuilds-7d6aa2d75b81ad051bdee93551e44381979968f6.tar.gz | |
system/bulk_extractor: Updated for version 1.5.5.
Signed-off-by: David Spencer <idlemoor@slackbuilds.org>
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diff --git a/system/bulk_extractor/README b/system/bulk_extractor/README index 5540024c1e..3679062b4b 100644 --- a/system/bulk_extractor/README +++ b/system/bulk_extractor/README @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ bulk_extractor is a C++ program that scans a disk image, a file, or a directory -of files and extracts useful information without parsing the file system or -file system structures. The results are stored in feature files that can be -easily inspected, parsed, or processed with automated tools. bulk_extractor -also creates histograms of features that it finds, as features that are more +of files and extracts useful information without parsing the file system or +file system structures. The results are stored in feature files that can be +easily inspected, parsed, or processed with automated tools. bulk_extractor +also creates histograms of features that it finds, as features that are more common tend to be more important. bulk_extractor is distinguished from other forensic tools by its speed and @@ -18,3 +18,6 @@ To add optional liblightgrep support: NOTE: When running bulk_extractor with lightgrep, use "-x find -e lightgrep -F findlist.txt" in addition to regular options. + +If you want to use the java based GUI (BEViewer), you will also need to have +java installed. This has been tested with JDK. |