- Add descriptions for the new command line options

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.\" All Rights Reserved.
.\" This file may be copied under the terms of the GNU Public License.
.\"
.TH NTFSCLONE 8 "Feb 2005" "ntfsprogs version @VERSION@"
.TH NTFSCLONE 8 "Jun 2005" "ntfsprogs version @VERSION@"
.SH NAME
ntfsclone \- Efficiently clone, image or restore an NTFS filesystem
.SH SYNOPSIS
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Clone NTFS to
.I FILE\fR, overwriting if exists.
.TP
.B \-m, \-\-metadata
Clone
.B ONLY METADATA
(for NTFS experts). Moreover only cloning to a file is allowed.
You can't metadata-only clone to a device, image or standard output.
.TP
.B \-s, \-\-save\-image
Save to the special image format.
Save to the special image format. This is the most efficient way space and
speed-wise if imaging is done to the standard output, e.g. for image
compression, encryption or streaming through a network.
.TP
.B \-r, \-\-restore\-image
Restore from the special image format specified by
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.I source
is '\-' then the image is read from the standard input.
.TP
.B \-\-rescue
Ignore disk read errors so disks having bad sectors, e.g. dying disks, can be
rescued the most efficiently way, with minimal stress on them. Ntfsclone works
at the lowest, sector level in this mode too thus more data can be rescued.
The contents of the unreadable sectors are filled by character '?' and the
beginning of such sectors are marked by "BadSectoR\\0".
.TP
.B \-m, \-\-metadata
Clone
.B ONLY METADATA
(for NTFS experts). Moreover only cloning to a file is allowed.
You can't metadata-only clone to a device, image or standard output.
.TP
.B \-\-ignore\-fs\-check
Ignore the result of the filesystem consistency check. This option is allowed
to be used only with the
.BR --metadata
option, for the safety of user's data.
.TP
.B \-f, \-\-force
Forces ntfsclone to proceed if the filesystem is marked
"dirty" for consistency check.