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== What is iRecovery? ==

iRecovery is a libusb-based commandline utility for Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux. It is able to talk to iBoot/iBSS in Apple's iPhone/iPod touch via USB.

It's completely open-source, the source code is released under the terms of the GNU General Public License v3.
The full license text can be found in the LICENSE file.

== Usage ==

	./iRecovery -s 			starts a shell.
	./iRecovery -r 			usb reset.
	./iRecovery -f <file>		uploads a file.
	./iRecovery -c "command"	send a single command.
	./iRecovery -l <file>		sends a set of commands from a file (one per line).
	./Irecovery -x <file>		uploads a file then resets the usb connection.