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.\"     Title: PARTCLONE.INFO
.\"    Author: Yu-Chin Tsai <thomas@clonezilla.org>
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.\"      Date: 03/29/2024
.\"    Manual: Partclone User Manual
.\"    Source: partclone.info
.\"  Language: English
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.TH "PARTCLONE\&.INFO" "8" "03/29/2024" "partclone.info" "Partclone User Manual"
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.SH "NAME"
partclone.info \- The utility to show image head information\&.
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'\fBpartclone\&.info\fR\ 'u
\fBpartclone\&.info\fR {\fIFILE\fR}
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
\fBpartclone\&.info\fR
is a part of
\fBPartclone\fR
project to retrieve partition head information from image files\&. 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\&.
.PP
\fBPartclone\fR
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, EXFAT (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\&.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
The program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`\-\*(Aq)\&. A summary of options is included below\&.
.PP
\fB\fIFILE\fR\fR
.RS 4
Image FILE\&. The FILE could be a image file (made by partclone)\&.
.RE
.SH "EXAMPLES"
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
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.nf
  Retriving partition usage information
    partclone\&.info /home/partimag/sdb2\&.img
    Partclone v0\&.2\&.20 http://partclone\&.org
    File system:  EXTFS
    Device size:  928\&.0 MB
    Space in use: 535\&.4 MB
    Free Space:   392\&.6 MB
    Block size:   4096 Byte
    Used block :  130708
    
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.SH "DIAGNOSTICS"
.PP
The following diagnostics may be issued on
stderr:
.PP
\fBpartclone\&.info\fR
provides some return codes, that can be used in scripts:
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T{
\fB0\fR
T}	T{
Program exited successfully\&.
T}
T{
\fB1\fR
T}	T{
Clone or Restore seem failed\&.
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.SH "BUGS"
.PP
Report bugs to thomas@clonezilla\&.org or
\m[blue]\fB\%http://partclone.org\fR\m[]\&.
.PP
You can get support at http://partclone\&.org
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
\fBpartclone\fR(8),
\fBpartclone.chkimg\fR(8),
\fBpartclone.restore\fR(8),
\fBpartclone.dd\fR(8),
\fBpartclone.info\fR(8)
.SH "AUTHOR"
.PP
\fBYu\-Chin Tsai\fR <\&thomas@clonezilla\&.org\&>
.RS 4
.RE
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
.br
Copyright \(co 2007 Yu-Chin Tsai
.br
.PP
This manual page was written for the Debian system (and may be used by others)\&.
.PP
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\&.
.PP
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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