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libvshadow is a library to access the Volume Shadow Snapshot (VSS) format. The VSS format is used by Windows, as of Vista, to maintain copies of data on a storage media volume.

Project information:

• Status: alpha
• Licence: LGPLv3+

Also see:

• OSDFC 2012: Paper - Windowless Shadow Snapshots: https://github.com/libyal/documentation/blob/master/Paper%20-%20Windowless%20Shadow%20Snapshots.pdf
• OSDFC 2012: Slides - Windowless Shadow Snapshots: https://github.com/libyal/documentation/blob/master/Slides%20-%20Windowless%20Shadow%20Snapshots.pdf

Work in progress:

• Dokan library support
• Multi-threading support

For more information see:

• Project documentation: https://github.com/libyal/libvshadow/wiki/Home
• How to build from source: https://github.com/libyal/libvshadow/wiki/Building