README

== What is libirecovery? ==

libirecovery is a cross-platform library which implements communication to iBoot/iBSS found on Apple's iOS devices via USB. A command-line utility is also provided.

The software is completely open-source, the source code is released under the terms of the LGPL 2.1. The full license text can be found in the LICENSE file.

Here's its usage:

irecovery [args] -v Start irecovery in verbose mode. -c Send command to client. -f Send file to client. -k [payload] Send usb exploit to client. -h Show this help. -r Reset client. -s Start interactive shell. -e

You can get info on the shell commands here: http://code.google.com/p/chronicdev/wiki/iBootCommands