From dd0b3bdc7e5597969f00fd4b28ff28f70b24f936 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: szaka Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2005 15:30:07 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] - Add descriptions for the new command line options --- ntfsprogs/ntfsclone.8.in | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/ntfsprogs/ntfsclone.8.in b/ntfsprogs/ntfsclone.8.in index fd3878a8..3312a5fd 100644 --- a/ntfsprogs/ntfsclone.8.in +++ b/ntfsprogs/ntfsclone.8.in @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ .\" 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 @@ -168,14 +168,10 @@ standard output. 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 @@ -184,6 +180,25 @@ If the .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.