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PARTCLONE.IMAGER(8)	     Partclone User Manual	   PARTCLONE.IMAGER(8)

NAME
       partclone.imager - unsupported file system backup utility.(like `dd` )

SYNOPSIS
       partclone.imager {[-c | --clone] [-r | --restore] [-b | --dev-to-dev]}
			{[-s | --source] source}
			{[[-o | --output] [-O | --overwrite]] target}
			[[-dX | --debug=X] [--restore_row_file] [-z | --buffer_size] [-N | --ncurses] [-q | --quiet] [-f | --UI-fresh] [-F | --force] [-I | --ignore_fschk] [--ignore_crc] [-X | --dialog] [-C | --nocheck] [-R | --rescue] [-L | --logfile] logfile]

DESCRIPTION
       partclone.imager is a part of Partclone project to clone unsupported
       file system with dd method. It will backup all block from partition.
       Partclone provide utilities to backup used blocks and design for higher
       compatibility of the file system by using existing library, e.g.
       e2fslibs is used to read the used block of ext2 partition.

       Partclone supported file system include btrfs, ext2, ext3, ext4,
       reiserfs, reiser4, xfs and jfs for LINUX. Also support some non-linux
       operation system, ex: NTFS and FAT (for Windows), HFS plus(APPLE MAC
       OS), UFS2(FreeBSD), VMFS(VMWare Vsphere). All partclone utils could be
       run like partclone.xxx is very smiliar fsck or mkfs. For example, for
       backup/restore hfsplus, just run partclone.hfsp.

OPTIONS
       The program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long
       options starting with two dashes (`-'). A summary of options is
       included below.

       -s FILE, --source FILE
	   Source FILE. The FILE could be a image file(made by partclone) or
	   device depend on your action. Normanly, backup source is device,
	   restore source is image file.

	   Receving data from pipe line is supported ONLY for restoring, just
	   ignore -s option or use '-' means receive data from stdin.

       -o FILE, --output FILE
	   Output FILE. The FILE could be a image file(partclone will
	   generate) or device depend on your action. Normanly, backup output
	   to image file and restore output to device.

	   Sending data to pipe line is also supported ONLY for back-up, just
	   ignore -o option or use '-' means send data to stdout.

       -O FILE, --overwrite FILE
	   Overwrite FILE, overwriting if exists.

       -c, --clone
	   Save partition to the special image format.

       -r, --restore
	   Restore partition from the special image format.

       -b, --dev-to-dev
	   Local device to device copy on-the-fly, source and output both are
	   device.

       --restore_row_file
	   Creating special raw file for loop device.

       -l FILE, --logfile FILE
	   put special path to record partclone log information.(default
	   /var/log/partclone.log)

       -R, --rescue
	   Continue after disk read errors.

       -C, --no_check
	   Don't check device size and free space.

       -N, --ncurse
	   Using Ncurses Text User Interface.

       -X, --dialog
	   Output message as Dialog Format.

       -I, --ignore_fschk
	   Ignore filesystem check.

       --ignore_crc
	   Ignore crc check error.

       -F, --force
	   Force progress.

       -f sec, --UI-fresh sec
	   put special second to different interval.

       -z size, --buffer_size size
	   Read/write buffer size (default: 1048576)

       -q, --quiet
	   Disable progress message.

       -dlevel, --debug level
	   Set the debug level [1|2|3]

       -h, --help
	   Show summary of options.

       -v, --version
	   Show version of program.

FILES
       /var/log/partclone.log
	   The log file of partclone.imager

EXAMPLES
	    clone /dev/hda1 to hda1.dd.img and display debug information.
	      partclone.dd -c -d -s /dev/hda1 -o hda1.dd.img

	    restore /dev/hda1 from hda1.dd.img and display debug information.
	      partclone.dd -r -d -s hda1.dd.img -o /dev/hda1

DIAGNOSTICS
       The following diagnostics may be issued on stderr:

       partclone.imager provides some return codes, that can be used in
       scripts:

       Code   Diagnostic
       0      Program exited successfully.
       1      Clone or Restore seem failed.

BUGS
       Report bugs to thomas@nchc.org.tw or http://partclone.org.

       You can get support at http://partclone.org

SEE ALSO
       partclone(8), partclone.chkimg(8), partclone.restore(8),
       partclone.dd(8), partclone.info(8)

AUTHOR
       Yu-Chin Tsai <thomas@nchc.org.tw>

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright © 2007 Yu-Chin Tsai

       This manual page was written for the Debian system (and may be used by
       others).

       Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
       under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 or (at
       your option) any later version published by the Free Software
       Foundation.

       On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License
       can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.

partclone.imager		  06/30/2013		   PARTCLONE.IMAGER(8)

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