Partclone is a project similar to the well-known backup utility "Partition Image" a.k.a partimage.
Partclone provides utilities to back up and restore used-blocks of a partition and it is designed for higher compatibility of the file system by using existing library, e.g. e2fslibs is used to read and write the ext2 partition.
Partclone provides utilities to back up and restore used-blocks of a partition and it is designed for higher compatibility of the file system by using existing library, e.g. e2fslibs is used to read and write the ext2 partition.
Usage
NAME
partclone.extfs - The utility for clone and restore an etx2/ext3 partition.
SYNOPSIS
partclone.extfs [options]... [MODE] [SOURCE FILE] [OUTPUT FILE]
DESCRIPTION
partclone.extfs is a part of Partclone project for ext2/3 file system.
Partclone is a project like the well-known backup utility "Partition Image" a.k.a
partimage. Partclone provide utilities to back up used blocks and design for
higher compatibility of the file system using supported library like
e2fslibs.
OPTIONS
-V, --version
prints program version.
-c, --clone
Back used block to the special image format.
-r, --restore
Restore from the special image format.
-b, --dev-to-dev
Local device to device copy mode
-d, --debug
Show debug information.
-h, --help
Display help information.
-s, --source
Source FILE can be a partition or image file.
-o, --output
Output FILE can be a partition
-O, --overwrite
Output FILE, overwriting if exists
-C, --no_check
Don't check device size and free space
-N, --ncurses
Using Ncurses User Interface
-X, --dialog
output message as Dialog Format
-F, --force
force progress
Examples 1:
clone /dev/hda1 to hda1.img and display debug information.
$ partclone.extfs -c -d -s /dev/hda1 -o hda1.img
Examples 2:
restore /dev/hda1 from hda1.img and display debug information.
$ partclone.extfs -r -d -s hda1.img -o /dev/hda1
Examples 3:
clone /dev/hda1 to /dev/hdb1 directly and display debug information.
$ partclone.extfs -b -d -s /dev/hda1 -o /dev/hdb1
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to thomas at nchc dot org dot tw
SUPPORT
You can get support at http://partclone.sf.net
SEE ALSO
partclone.reiser4(8), partclone.reiserfs(8), partclone.hfsp(8), partclone.xfs(8)...
AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Thomas Tsai thomas at nchc dot org dot tw
partclone 0.1.0 Nov 2007 partclone.extfs(8)