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diff --git a/system/partimage/man/partimage.1 b/system/partimage/man/partimage.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..6e2c5b7023 --- /dev/null +++ b/system/partimage/man/partimage.1 @@ -0,0 +1,198 @@ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2001 Partition Image Team +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this +.\" document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, +.\" Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software +.\" Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and +.\" with no Back-Cover Texts. +.\" +.ig +A copy of the GNU Free Documentation License is available in the +Debian package in the file /usr/share/doc/m17n-docs/copyright. +.. +.ig +A copy of the GNU Free Documentation License is available in the +Debian source package in the file debian/copyright. +.. +.TH PARTIMAGE "1" "30 May, 2002" "SlackBuilds.org" "Partition Image Manual" +.SH NAME +partimage \- back up and restore disk partitions +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B partimage +.RB [ " \-bcdehimMnoSvwy " ] +.RB [ \-B\ 'pattern\ response\ string' ] +.RB [ \-z\ compresslevel ] +.RB [ \-V\ volumesize ] +.RB [ \-f\ actionatend ] +.RB [ \-s\ server ] +.RB [ \-p\ port ] +.RB [ \-a\ mountoptions ] +.RB [ \-U\ username ] +.RB [ \-P\ password ] +.RB [ \-g\ loglevel ] +[ +.I "save" +.I "device" +.I "image_file" +] +.br +.B partimage +.RB [ " \-bcdehimMnoSvwy " ] +.RB [ \-B\ 'pattern\ response\ string' ] +.RB [ \-z\ compresslevel ] +.RB [ \-V\ volumesize ] +.RB [ \-f\ actionatend ] +.RB [ \-s\ server ] +.RB [ \-p\ port ] +.RB [ \-a\ mountoptions ] +.RB [ \-U\ username ] +.RB [ \-P\ password ] +.RB [ \-g\ loglevel ] +[ +.I "restore" +.I "device" +.I "image_file/'stdin'" +] +.br +.B partimage +[ +.I "restmbr" +.I "image_file" +] +.br +.B partimage +[ +.I "imginfo" +.I "image_file" +] +.SH DESCRIPTION +\fIpartimage\fR backs up disk partitions into image files and restores them. +.SH OPTIONS +.TP +.B \-z val, --compress val +Set image file compression level: +.br +val=0: don't compress: very fast but very big image file +.br +val=1: compress using gzip: fast and small image file (default) +.br +val=2: compress using bzip2: very slow and very small image file +.TP +.B \-c, --nocheck +Don't check the partition before saving. +.TP +.B \-o, --overwrite +Overwrite the existing image file without confirmation. +.TP +.B \-d, --nodesc +Don't ask any description for the image file. +.TP +.B \-V vol, --volume vol +Split image into multiple volumes files. vol will be the size in KB of volumes. +.TP +.B \-w, --waitvol +Wait for a confirmation after each volume change. +.TP +.B \-e, --erase +Erase empty blocks on restore with zero bytes. +.TP +.B \-m, --allowmnt +Don't fail if the partition is mounted. Dangerous! +.TP +.B \-M, --nombr +Don't create a backup of the MBR (Mast Boot Record) in the image file. +.TP +.B \-h, --help +Show help. +.TP +.B \-v, --version +Show version. +.TP +.B \-f action, --finish action +Action to do if finished successfully: +.br +action=0: wait (do nothing) +.br +action=1: halt (power off the computer) +.br +action=2: reboot (restart the computer) +.br +action=3: quit +.TP +.B \-b, --batch +batch mode: the GUI won't wait for an user action. +.TP +.B \-B 'pattern response string', --fully-batch 'pattern response string' +full batch mode: the GUI is not being displayed. Rather status messages +are displayed as normal text. +The pattern response string has the following format: +.br +.B \'<glob-pattern>=<response-value>;...\' +.br +where the glob pattern is matched against the string +.B <window-title>/<message-text> +of the message dialogue box to be displayed. For dialog boxes with +buttons in the window, the <response> must be the exact button text. +The pattern response string usually needs to be quoted as above. +.TP +.B \-y, --nosync +Don't synchronize the disks at the end of the operation. Dangerous! +.TP +.B \-s addr, --server addr +Give partimaged server's ip address. +.TP +.B \-p port, --port port +Give partimaged server's listening port. +.TP +.B \-g debuglevel, --debug debuglevel +Set the debug level to debuglevel (defaults to 1). +.TP +.B \-n, --nossl +Disable SSL in network mode. +.TP +.B \-S, --simulate +Simulation of restoration mode. +.TP +.B \-a str, --automnt str +Automatic mount with X options. Read the doc for more details. +.TP +.B \-U name, --username=name +Username to authenticate to partimage server. +.TP +.B \-P pass, --password=pass +Password for authentication of user to partimage server. + +.SH EXAMPLES +partimage -z1 -o -d save /dev/hda12 /mnt/backup/redhat-6.2.partimg.gz +.br +partimage -z1 -om save /dev/hda9 /mnt/backup/win95-osr2.partimg.gz +.br +partimage restore /dev/hda13 /mnt/backup/suse-6.4.partimg +.br +cat debian.partimg.000 debian.partimg.001 | partimage restore /dev/hda1 stdin +.br +partimage restmbr /mnt/backup/debian-potato-2.2.partimg.bz2 +.br +partimage imginfo /mnt/backup/debian-potato-2.2.partimg.bz2 +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR partimaged(8) +.SH DIAGNOSTICS +You can read options set at compile time running 'partimage -i'. +.PP +When using batchmode, exit status is normally 0. +.SH CAVEATS +Supported file systems: Ext2/3, Reiser3, FAT16/32, HPFS, JFS, XFS, UFS(beta), +HFS(beta), NTFS(experimental) +.PP +Btrfs and Ext4 are not supported. +.PP +FAT12 will never be supported. +.SH BUGS +Refer to BUGS file to read them. +.SH AUTHOR +.nf +Franck Ladurelle <ladurelf@partimage.org> +.nf +Francois Dupoux <fdupoux@partimage.org> |