NAME¶

partclone - The utility for clone and restore a partition.

SYNOPSIS¶

partclone.[fstype] {[-c | --clone] [-r | --restore] [-b | --dev-to-dev]} {[-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] [-i | --ignore_crc] [-C | --nocheck] [-R | --rescue] [-L | --logfile] logfile [-R | --rescue] [-L | --logfile] logfile [-X | --compresscmd] [-D | --domain] [--offset_domain] [-aX | --checksum-mode=X] [-kX | --blocks-per-checksum=X] [-K | --no-reseed] [-w | --skip_write_error] [-E | --offset=X] [-T | --btfiles] [-t | --btfiles_torrent] [-n | --note] [-B | --no_block_detail] [--binary-prefix] [--prog-second] [--write-direct-io] [--read-direct-io]]

DESCRIPTION¶

partclone.[fstype] is a part of Partclone project. 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, FAT and EXFAT (for Windows), HFS plus (APPLE MAC OS), UFS2 (FreeBSD), VMFS (VMWare Vsphere) and MINIX (MINIX3).

All partclone utils could be run like partclone.[fstype] is very smiliar fsck or mkfs. For example, for backup/restore hfsplus, just run partclone.hfsp

       File System                 partclone.[fstype]


       btrfs                       partclone.btrfs


       ext2, ext3, ext4            partclone.[ext2 | ext3 | ext4]


       reiserfs 3.5                partclone.reiserfs


       reiser 4                    partclone.reiser4


       xfs                         partclone.xfs


       ufs | ufs2                  partclone.ufs


       jfs                         partclone.jfs


       hfs plusfs                  partclone.[hfs+ | hfsplus]


       vmfs                        partclone.[vmfs | vmfs5]


       ntfs                        partclone.ntfs


       fat12, fat16, fat32         partclone.[fat12 | fat16 | fat32]


       exfat                       partclone.exfat


       minix                       partclone.minix


       f2fs                        partclone.f2fs


       nilfs2                      partclone.nilfs2


       apfs                        partclone.apfs


       others (Not Supported FS)   partclone.imager


    

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

-o FILE, --output FILE

-O FILE, --overwrite FILE

-W FILE, --restore_raw_file FILE

-c, --clone

-r, --restore

-b, --dev-to-dev

-D, --domain

--offset_domain=X

--restore_raw_file

-L FILE, --logfile FILE

-R, --rescue

-C, --no_check

-N, --ncurses

-I, --ignore_fschk

-i, --ignore_crc

-F, --force

-f sec, --UI-fresh sec

-z size, --buffer_size size

-q, --quiet

-dlevel, --debug level

-x, --compresscmd CMD

-aX, --checksum-mode=X

-kX, --blocks-per-checksum=X

-w, --skip_write_error

--write-direct-io

--read-direct-io

-B, --no_block_detail

--binary-prefix

--prog-second

-E, --offset=X

-T, --btfiles

-t, --btfiles_torrent

-n, --note NOTE

-h, --help

-v, --version

FILES¶

/var/log/partclone.log

EXAMPLES¶

 clone /dev/hda1 to hda1.img and display debug information.


   partclone.ext3 -c -d -s /dev/hda1 -o hda1.img


 restore /dev/hda1 from hda1.img and display debug information.


   partclone.extfs -r -d -s hda1.img -o /dev/hda1


 restore image from clonezilla (split, gzip,) with stdin source


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


    

DIAGNOSTICS¶

The following diagnostics may be issued on stderr:

partclone provides some return codes, that can be used in scripts:

BUGS¶

Report bugs to thomas@clonezilla.org 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@clonezilla.org>

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.