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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_raw_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_raw_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							       09/19/2015							     PARTCLONE.IMAGER(8)