1PARTCLONE.DD(8)              Partclone User Manual             PARTCLONE.DD(8)
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NAME

6       partclone.dd - unsupported file system backup utility. (like `dd` )
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SYNOPSIS

9       partclone.dd {[-s | --source] source}
10                    {[[-o | --output] [-O | --overwrite]] target}
11                    [[-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]
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DESCRIPTION

14       partclone.dd is a part of Partclone project to clone unsupported file
15       system with dd method. It will backup all block from partition.
16       Partclone provide utilities to backup used blocks and design for higher
17       compatibility of the file system by using existing library, e.g.
18       e2fslibs is used to read the used block of ext2 partition.
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20       Partclone supported file system include btrfs, ext2, ext3, ext4,
21       reiserfs, reiser4, xfs and jfs for LINUX. Also support some non-linux
22       operation system, ex: NTFS and FAT (for Windows), HFS plus (APPLE MAC
23       OS), UFS2 (FreeBSD), VMFS (VMWare Vsphere). All partclone utils could
24       be run like partclone.xxx is very smiliar fsck or mkfs. For example,
25       for backup/restore hfsplus, just run partclone.hfsp.
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OPTIONS

28       The program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long
29       options starting with two dashes (`-'). A summary of options is
30       included below.
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32       -s FILE, --source FILE
33           Source FILE. The FILE could be a image file (made by partclone) or
34           device depend on your action. Normally, backup source is device,
35           restore source is image file.
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37           Receving data from pipe line is supported ONLY for restoring, just
38           ignore -s option or use '-' means receive data from stdin.
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40       -o FILE, --output FILE
41           Output FILE. The FILE could be a image file (partclone will
42           generate) or device depend on your action. Normally, backup output
43           to image file and restore output to device.
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45           Sending data to pipe line is also supported ONLY for back-up, just
46           ignore -o option or use '-' means send data to stdout.
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48       -O FILE, --overwrite FILE
49           Overwrite FILE, overwriting if exists.
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51       --restore_raw_file
52           Creating special raw file for loop device.
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54       -L FILE, --logfile FILE
55           put special path to record partclone log information. (default
56           /var/log/partclone.log)
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58       -R, --rescue
59           Continue after disk read errors.
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61       -C, --no_check
62           Don't check device size and free space.
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64       -N, --ncurses
65           Using Ncurses Text User Interface.
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67       -X, --dialog
68           Output message as Dialog Format.
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70       -I, --ignore_fschk
71           Ignore filesystem check.
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73       --ignore_crc
74           Ignore crc check error.
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76       -F, --force
77           Force progress.
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79       -f sec, --UI-fresh sec
80           put special second to different interval.
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82       -z size, --buffer_size size
83           Read/write buffer size (default: 1048576)
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85       -q, --quiet
86           Disable progress message.
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88       -dlevel, --debug level
89           Set the debug level [1|2|3]
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91       -h, --help
92           Show summary of options.
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94       -v, --version
95           Show version of program.
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FILES

98       /var/log/partclone.log
99           The log file of partclone.dd
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EXAMPLES

102            clone /dev/hda1 to hda1.dd.img and display debug information.
103              partclone.dd -d -s /dev/hda1 -o hda1.dd.img
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105            restore /dev/hda1 from hda1.dd.img and display debug information.
106              partclone.dd -d -s hda1.dd.img -o /dev/hda1
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DIAGNOSTICS

110       The following diagnostics may be issued on stderr:
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112       partclone.dd provides some return codes, that can be used in scripts:
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114       Code   Diagnostic
115       0      Program exited successfully.
116       1      Clone or Restore seem failed.
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BUGS

120       Report bugs to thomas@nchc.org.tw or http://partclone.org.
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122       You can get support at http://partclone.org
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SEE ALSO

125       partclone(8), partclone.chkimg(8), partclone.restore(8),
126       partclone.dd(8), partclone.info(8)
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AUTHOR

129       Yu-Chin Tsai <thomas@nchc.org.tw>
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132       Copyright © 2007 Yu-Chin Tsai
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134       This manual page was written for the Debian system (and may be used by
135       others).
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137       Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
138       under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 or (at
139       your option) any later version published by the Free Software
140       Foundation.
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142       On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License
143       can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.
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