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PARTCLONE(8)						   Partclone 
User Manual					       PARTCLONE(8)



NAME
       partclone - The utility for clone and restore a partition.

SYNOPSIS
       partclone.[fstype] {[-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.[fstype] is a part of Partclone project. 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, FAT and EXFAT(for 
Windows), HFS plus(APPLE MAC OS), UFS2(FreeBSD), VMFS(VMWare Vsphere) 
and
       MINIX(MINIX3).

       All partclone utils could be run like partclone.[fstype] is 
very smiliar fsck or mkfs. For example, for backup/restore hfsplus, 
just
       run partclone.hfsp

		  File System		  partclone.[fstype]

		  btrfs 		  partclone.btrfs
		  ext2, ext3, ext4	  partclone.[ext2|ext3|ext4]
		  reiserfs 3.5		  partclone.reiserfs
		  reiser 4		  partclone.reiser4
		  xfs			  partclone.xfs
		  ufs | ufs2		  partclone.ufs
		  jfs			  partclone.jfs
		  hfs plusfs		  partclone.[hfs+|hfsplus]
		  vmfs			  partclone.vmfs
		  ntfs			  partclone.ntfs
		  fat12, fat16, fat32	  
partclone.[fat12|fat16|fat32]
		  exfat 		  partclone.exfat
		  minix 		  partclone.minix
		  f2fs			  partclone.f2fs
		  nilfs2		  partclone.nilfs2


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.

       -D, --domain
	   Create GNU Ddrescue domain log file from source device

       --offset_domain=X
	   Add X (in bytes) to all positions reported in the domain 
log file

       --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

EXAMPLES
	    clone /dev/hda1 to hda1.img and display debug information.
	      partclone.ext3 -c -d -s /dev/hda1 -o hda1.img

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

	    restore image from clonezilla(split, gzip,) with stdin 
source
	      cat sda1.ext3-ptcl-img.gz.a* | gunzip -c | 
partclone.ext3 -d -r -s - -o /dev/sda1


DIAGNOSTICS
       The following diagnostics may be issued on stderr:

       partclone 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.




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