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+.\"
+.\" 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>