From b6b100b58812997face892802e3e4ee75f6a1831 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Jean-Pierre=20Andr=C3=A9?= Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2016 09:27:07 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Added clarification about creating a partition to the ntfsclone manual Try to make clear the option --output feeds data into a partition, but does not create the partition. --- ntfsprogs/ntfsclone.8.in | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/ntfsprogs/ntfsclone.8.in b/ntfsprogs/ntfsclone.8.in index 9be43f18..a1585c3c 100644 --- a/ntfsprogs/ntfsclone.8.in +++ b/ntfsprogs/ntfsclone.8.in @@ -185,12 +185,14 @@ Clone NTFS to the non\-existent If .I FILE is '\-' then clone to the -standard output. +standard output. This option cannot be used for creating a partition, +use \fB\-\-overwrite\fR for an existing partition. .TP \fB\-O\fR, \fB\-\-overwrite\fR FILE Clone NTFS to .IR FILE , -overwriting if exists. +which can be an existing partition or a regular file which will be +overwritten if it exists. .TP \fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-save\-image\fR Save to the special image format. This is the most efficient way space and