.TH partclone.extfs 8 "Nov 2007" "partclone 0.2.48"
.SH NAME
partclone.extfs \- The utility for clone and restore an etx2/ext3 partition.
.SH SYNOPSIS
partclone.extfs [options]... [MODE] [SOURCE FILE] [OUTPUT FILE]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B 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.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B -o,  --output FILE
Output FILE
.TP
.B -O   --overwrite FILE
Output FILE, overwriting if exists
.TP
.B -s,  --source FILE
Source FILE
.TP
.B
-L,  --logfile FILE     
Log FILE
.TP
.B
-c,  --clone            
Save to the special image format
.TP
.B
-r,  --restore          
Restore from the special image format
.TP
.B
-b,  --dev-to-dev       
Local device to device copy mode
.TP
.B
-D,  --domain
Create GNU Ddrescue domain log file from source device
.TP
.B
     --offset_domain=X
Add X (in bytes) to all positions reported in the domain log file
.TP
.B
-R,  --rescue           
Continue after disk read errors
.TP
.B
-dX, --debug=X          
Set the debug level to X = [0|1|2]
.TP
.B
-C,  --no_check         
Don't check device size and free space
.TP
.B
-X,  --dialog           
Output message as Dialog Format
.TP
.B
-I,  --ignore_fschk     
Ignore filesystem check
.TP
.B
--ignore_crc       
Ignore crc check error
.TP
.B
-F,  --force            
Force progress
.TP
.B
-f,  --UI-fresh         
Fresh times of progress
.TP
.B
-q,  --quiet            
quiet mode, no progress update
.TP
.B
-v,  --version          
Display partclone version
.TP
.B
-h,  --help             
Display this help
.SH
Examples:
.sp 1
clone /dev/hda1 to hda1.img and display debug information.
.sp 1
partclone.extfs -c -d -s /dev/hda1 -o hda1.img
.sp 1
restore /dev/hda1 from hda1.img and display debug information.
.sp 1
partclone.extfs -r -d -s hda1.img -o /dev/hda1
.sp 1
restore image from clonezilla(split, gzip,) with stdin source

.sp 1

cat sda1.ext3-ptcl-img.gz.a* > gunzip -c | partclone.ext3 -d -r -s - -o /dev/sda1

.sp 1
.SH REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <thomas@nchc.org.tw>
.SH SUPPORT
You can get support at http://partclone.org
.SH AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Thomas Tsai <thomas@nchc.org.tw>