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Welcome to Partclone Usage

partclone.[ [fstype] | restore | dd | chkimg | info ]

Name

partclone.chkimg — The utility to check image made by partclone

Synopsis

partclone.chkimg { [ -s | --source ] source } [ [ -dX | --debug=X ] [ -N | --ncurses ] [ -f | --UI-fresh ] [ -F | --force ] [ --ignore_crc ] [ -X | --dialog ] [ -C | --no_check ] [ -L | --logfile ] logfile ]

DESCRIPTION

partclone.chkimg is a part of Partclone project to veritfy image file. 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, EXFAT(for Windows), HFS plus(APPLE MAC OS), UFS2(FreeBSD), VMFS(VMWare Vsphere). All partclone utils could be run like partclone.xxx is very smiliar fsck or mkfs. For example, for backup/restore hfsplus, just run partclone.hfsp.

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

Source FILE. The FILE could be a image file(made by partclone) or device depend on your action. Normanly, backup source is device, restore source is image file.

Receving data from pipe line is supported ONLY for restoring, just ignore -s option or use '-' means receive data from stdin.

-L FILE, --logfile FILE

put special path to record partclone log information.(default /var/log/partclone.log)

-C, --no_check

Don't check device size and free space.

-N, --ncurse

Using Ncurses Text User Interface.

-X, --dialog

Output message as Dialog Format.

--ignore_crc

Ignore crc check error.

-F, --force

Force progress.

-f sec, --UI-fresh sec

put special second to different interval.

-dlevel, --debug level

Set the debug level [1|2|3]

-h, --help

Show summary of options.

-v, --version

Show version of program.

FILES

/var/log/partclone.log: The log file of partclone.chkimg

EXAMPLES

 check part.img file is correct or not.
   partclone.chkimg -d -s partclone.img

DIAGNOSTICS

The following diagnostics may be issued on stderr:

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

Code: 0

Diagnostic: Program exited successfully.

Code: 1

Diagnostic: Clone or Restore seem failed.

BUGS

Report bugs to thomas@nchc.org.tw or http://partclone.org.

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