evtexport

NAME
evtexport - exports items stored in a Windows Event Log (EVT)

SYNOPSIS
evtexport [-c codepage] [-l log_file] [-m mode] [-p message_files_path] [-r registy_files_path] [-s system_file] [-S software_file] [-t event_log_type] [-hvV] source

DESCRIPTION
evtexport is a utility to export items stored in a Windows Event Log (EVT)

evtexport is part of the libevt package. libevt is a library to access the Windows Event Log (EVT) format

source is the source file.

The options are as follows:

-c codepage
    specify the codepage of ASCII strings, options: ascii, windows-874, windows-932, windows-936, windows-949, windows-950, windows-1250, windows-1251, windows-1252 (default), windows-1253, windows-1254, windows-1255, windows-1256, windows-1257 or windows-1258

-h  shows this help

-l log_file
    specify the file in which to log information about the exported items

-m mode
    export mode, option: all, items (default), recovered 'all' exports the (allocated) items and recovered items, 'items' exports the (allocated) items and 'recovered' exports the recovered items

-p message_files_path
    search PATH for the resource files (default is the current working directory)

-r registy_files_path
    name of the directory containing the SOFTWARE and SYSTEM (Windows) Registry file

-s system_file
    filename of the SYSTEM (Windows) Registry file This option overrides the path provided by -r

-S software_file
    filename of the SOFTWARE (Windows) Registry file This option overrides the path provided by -r

-t event_log_type
    event log type, options: application, security, system if not specified the event log type is determined based on the filename.

-v  verbose output to stderr

-V  print version

ENVIRONMENT
None

FILES
None

EXAMPLES

    # evtexport evtexport -p c/ -r c/Windows/System32/config/ c/Windows/System32/config/AppEvent.Evt
    evtexport 20120910
        ...

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.

BUGS
Please report bugs of any kind to <joachim.metz@gmail.com> or on the project website: http://code.google.com/p/libevt/

AUTHOR
These man pages were written by Joachim Metz.

COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2011-2013, 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.

SEE ALSO
evtinfo(1)