NAME¶

partclone.dd - The utility to clone/restore raw file like dd.

SYNOPSIS¶

partclone.dd [options]... [MODE] [SOURCE FILE] [OUTPUT FILE]

DESCRIPTION¶

partclone.dd is a part of Partclone project. 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¶

-o, --output FILE

Output FILE

-O --overwrite FILE

Output FILE, overwriting if exists

-s, --source FILE

Source FILE

-L, --logfile FILE

Log FILE

-c, --clone

Save to the special image format

-r, --restore

Restore from the special image format

-b, --dev-to-dev

Local device to device copy mode

-R, --rescue

Continue after disk read errors

-dX, --debug=X

Set the debug level to X = [0|1|2]

-C, --no_check

Don't check device size and free space

-X, --dialog

Output message as Dialog Format

-I, --ignore_fschk

Ignore filesystem check

--ignore_crc

Ignore crc check error

-F, --force

Force progress

-f, --UI-fresh

Fresh times of progress

-q, --quiet

quiet mode, no progress update

-v, --version

Display partclone version

-h, --help

Display this help

Examples:¶

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

REPORTING BUGS¶

Report bugs to <thomas@nchc.org.tw>

SUPPORT¶

You can get support at http://partclone.org

AUTHOR¶

This manual page was written by Thomas Tsai <thomas@nchc.org.tw>