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.\"      Date: 06/21/2012
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.SH "NAME"
faum-mergecow \- Tool for merging copy\-on\-write files
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'\fBfaum\-mergecow\fR\ 'u
\fBfaum\-mergecow\fR \fImedia\-basefile\fR
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP

\fBfaum\-mergecow\fR
lets you merge the changes recorded in the copy\-on\-write file with the data on the (untouched, because of copy\-on\-write) original media\&. This can be useful for testing first with copy\-on\-write and then finalizing everything by merging the changes back into the original media\&.
.PP
The first parameter is the filename of the original media\&. The map file and the copy\-on\-write data will be found by appending
\&.map
and
\&.cow\&. (usually this will be
ide\-\fI#\fR/unit\-\fI#\fR/media
in your virtual machine directory)\&.
.PP
The second parameter
\fIfile\fR
is the name of the file which will contain the merged data\&. This file can directly be used as media for virtual machines\&. Make sure there is enough room on your filesystem for this file!
.SH "BUGS"
.PP
Please report all bugs to
\m[blue]\fBinfo@faumachine\&.org\fR\m[]\&\s-2\u[1]\d\s+2\&.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP

\fBfaum-node-pc\fR(1)
.SH "AUTHOR"
.PP
This manual page was written by the
\m[blue]\fBFAUmachine Team\fR\m[]\&\s-2\u[1]\d\s+2\&.
.SH "CONTACT"
.PP

\m[blue]\fBWebpage\fR\m[]\&\s-2\u[2]\d\s+2
.PP

\m[blue]\fBProject Team\fR\m[]\&\s-2\u[1]\d\s+2
.SH "AUTHOR"
.PP
\fBFAUmachine team\fR
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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Copyright \(co 2000-2009 FAUmachine team. Developed at Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg.
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.PP
FAUmachine comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. FAUmachine is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. See COPYING for details.
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.SH "NOTES"
.IP " 1." 4
info@faumachine.org
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\%mailto:info@faumachine.org
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.IP " 2." 4
Webpage
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\%http://www.faumachine.org/
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