PARTCLONE.RESTORE(8)

  .SH "NAME" partclone.restore - restore partclone image to device.
  .SH "SYNOPSIS"
    .HP u
      partclone.restore
       {[-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]]
       [[--ignore_crc]]
       [[-C | --nocheck]]
       [[-R | --rescue]]
       [[-L | --logfile] logfile]
       [[-w | --skip_write_error]]
       [[--write-direct-io]]
       [[-w | --skip_write_error]]
       [[-E | --offset=X]]
       [[-T | --btfiles]]
       [[-t | --btfiles_torrent]]
       [[-B | --no_block_detail]]

  .SH "DESCRIPTION"

    .PP partclone.restore is a part of Partclone project to restore all image made from partclone.[fstype] or partclone.dd. 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.
    .PP 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 similar to fsck or mkfs. For example, for backup/restore hfsplus, just run partclone.hfsp.

  .SH "OPTIONS"

    .PP The program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-'). A summary of options is included below.

      .PP -s FILE, --source FILE

              Source FILE. The FILE could be a image file (made by partclone) or device depend on your action. Normally, 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.

          .RE
          .PP -o FILE, --output FILE

                  Output FILE. The FILE could be a image file (partclone will generate) or device depend on your action. Normally, backup output to image file and restore output to device.

              Sending data to pipe line is also supported ONLY for back-up, just ignore -o option or use '-' means send data to stdout.

              .RE
              .PP -O FILE, --overwrite FILE

                      Overwrite FILE, overwriting if exists.

                  .RE
                  .PP --restore_raw_file

                          Creating special raw file for loop device.

                      .RE
                      .PP -L FILE, --logfile FILE

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

                          .RE
                          .PP -R, --rescue

                                  Continue after disk read errors.

                              .RE
                              .PP -C, --no_check

                                      Don't check device size and free space.

                                  .RE
                                  .PP -N, --ncurses

                                          Using Ncurses Text User Interface.

                                      .RE
                                       .PP -X, --dialog

                                              Output message as Dialog Format.

                                          .RE
                                           .PP -I, --ignore_fschk

                                                  Ignore filesystem check.

                                              .RE
                                               .PP --ignore_crc

                                                      Ignore crc check error.

                                                  .RE
                                                   .PP -F, --force

                                                          Force progress.

                                                      .RE
                                                       .PP -f sec, --UI-fresh sec

                                                              put special second to different interval.

                                                          .RE
                                                           .PP -z size, --buffer_size size

                                                                  Read/write buffer size (default: 1048576)

                                                              .RE
                                                               .PP -q, --quiet

                                                                      Disable progress message.

                                                                  .RE
                                                                   .PP -dlevel, --debug level

                                                                          Set the debug level [1|2|3]

                                                                      .RE
                                                                      .PP -h, --help

                                                                              Show summary of options.

                                                                          .RE
                                                                          .PP -v, --version

                                                                                  Show version of program.

                                                                              .RE

                                                                          .SH "FILES"

                                                                              .PP /var/log/partclone.log

                                                                                      The log file of partclone.restore

                                                                                  .RE

                                                                              .SH "EXAMPLES"

                                                                                 restore /dev/hda1 from hda1.img and display debug information.
                                                                                  partclone.restore -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.restore -d -s - -o /dev/sda1
                                                                                 restore  raw  image  from  partclone.dd
                                                                                  partclone.dd  -d  -c  -s  /dev/sda1  -o  - | partclone.restore -d -s - -o /dev/sdb1

                                                                              .SH "DIAGNOSTICS"

                                                                                .PP The following diagnostics may be issued on stderr:

                                                                                .PP partclone.restore provides some return codes, that can be used in scripts:
                                                                                .
                                                                            Code | Diagnostic
                                                                            T{
                                                                            0
                                                                            T} |
                                                                            T{
                                                                            Program exited successfully.
                                                                            T} |
                                                                            T{
                                                                            1
                                                                            T} |
                                                                            T{
                                                                            Clone or Restore seem failed.
                                                                            T} |
                                                                            .TE
                                                                            .SH "BUGS"
                                                                            .PP
                                                                            Report bugs to thomas@clonezilla.org or
                                                                            http://partclone.org.
                                                                            .PP
                                                                            You can get support at http://partclone.org
                                                                            .SH "SEE ALSO"
                                                                            .PP
                                                                            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
      .PP This manual page was written for the Debian system (and may be used by others).
      .PP 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.
      .PP On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.