unsquashfs module.xzm # Extracts to squashfs-root/ mksquashfs /path/to/directory mymodule.xzm -comp xz Part 5: Advanced Index Download Automation Python Script for Index Parsing Here is a production-ready script to scrape and download all .xzm files from a given HTML index:
: Mistyped file extensions in logs. A server might log GET /modules/firefox.xzm.html if a script incorrectly appends .html . index download xzm.html
def download_xzm_files(base_url, download_path="./"): response = requests.get(base_url) soup = BeautifulSoup(response.text, 'html.parser') unsquashfs module
for link in soup.find_all('a'): href = link.get('href') if href and href.endswith('.xzm'): file_url = urljoin(base_url, href) local_filename = os.path.join(download_path, href) print(f"Downloading file_url ...") with requests.get(file_url, stream=True) as r: r.raise_for_status() with open(local_filename, 'wb') as f: for chunk in r.iter_content(chunk_size=8192): f.write(chunk) print(f"Saved: local_filename") if == " main ": # Example: Index containing XZM files INDEX_URL = "http://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/ap/" download_xzm_files(INDEX_URL, "/tmp/xzm_modules") Using rsync for Large Repositories Some indexes support rsync , which is faster than scraping HTML: If you see firefox
: Some download managers automatically add .html to failed downloads. If you see firefox.xzm.html , rename it:
mv firefox.xzm.html firefox.xzm : Malicious servers sometimes serve .html instead of the real binary. Always check the MIME type: