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



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

SYNOPSIS
       partclone.dd {[-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.dd 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.

       --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.dd

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

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


DIAGNOSTICS
       The following diagnostics may be issued on stderr:

       partclone.dd 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.dd							 
09/19/2015						    
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