.\" Copyright (c) 2003 Richard Russon. All Rights Reserved.
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.TH NTFSCLONE 8 "September 2003" "Linux\-NTFS version @VERSION@"
.SH NAME
ntfsclone \- Copy an NTFS volume.
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B ntfsclone
[
.I options
]
.B device
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B ntfsclone
will efficiently clone an NTFS volume to a sparse file, device or stdandard
output.
.SH OPTIONS
Below is a summary of all the options that
.B ntfsclone
accepts.  All options have two equivalent names.  The short name is preceded by
.BR \-
and the long name is preceded by
.BR \-\- .
Any single letter options, that don't take an argument, can be combined into a
single command, e.g.
.BR \-fv
is equivalent to
.BR "\-f \-v" .
Long named options can be abbreviated to any unique prefix of their name.
.TP
.BI "\-o " FILE
.br
.ns
.TP
.BI "\-\-output " FILE
Clone NTFS to the non-existent FILE
.TP
.BI "\-O " FILE
.br
.ns
.TP
.BI "\-\-overwrite " FILE
Clone NTFS to FILE, overwriting if exists
.TP
.B \-m
.br
.ns
.TP
.B \-\-metadata
Clone *only* metadata (for NTFS experts)
.TP
.B \-f
.br
.ns
.TP
.B \-\-force
This will override some sensible defaults, such as not working with a mounted
volume.  Use this option with caution.
.TP
.B \-\-help
Show a list of options with a brief description of each one.
.SH EXAMPLES
.SH BUGS
This program has no known bugs.  If you find one, please send an email to
.nh
<linux-ntfs-dev@lists.sf.net>
.hy
.SH AUTHOR
.B ntfsclone
was written by Szabolcs Szakacsits <szaka@sienet.hu>.
.SH AVAILABILITY
.B ntfsclone
is part of the linux\-ntfs package and is available from
.br
.nh
http://linux\-ntfs.sourceforge.net/downloads.html
.hy
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR ntfsprogs (8)