X-Git-Url: https://git.sven.stormbind.net/?p=sven%2Fexfatprogs.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=manpages%2Fexfat2img.8;fp=manpages%2Fexfat2img.8;h=bceaa08634c84de7047ffb5fbce3cb6127c96eba;hp=0000000000000000000000000000000000000000;hb=f542bb61a7ee5c41095242cf7b9b499fa014d316;hpb=41fba9fbe05c8ee6fff5765b46b927de9413b507 diff --git a/manpages/exfat2img.8 b/manpages/exfat2img.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..bceaa08 --- /dev/null +++ b/manpages/exfat2img.8 @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +.TH exfat2img 8 +.SH NAME +exfat2img \- dump metadata of an exFAT filesystem +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B exfat2img +[ +.B \-o \fIpath\fB\ +] [ +.B \-V +] +.I device +.br +.B exfat2img \-V +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B exfat2img +dump metadata of exFAT filesystems for debugging. \fBexfat2img\fP dump boot sector, File Allcation Table, Bitmap and all metadata which can reach from root directory. + +.SH OPTIONS +.TP +.BI \-o\ \-\-output +Specify output result file. If filesystem to which output file is written does not support sparse file, you should use '-' in place of \fIpath\fP. +Because a dump image generated from stdout has a special format, when restoring a partition from it, exfat2img should be used. See Examples. +.TP +.B \-V +Prints the version number and exits. + +.SH EXAMPLES +.PP +Dump metadata into a sparse file. +.EX +.RB "$" " exfat2img -o sda1.dump /dev/sda1 + +Dump metadata into standard out and restore a partition +.EX +.RB "$" " exfat2img -o - /dev/sda1 | bzip2 > sda1.dump.bz2" +.RB "$" " bzip2 -dc sda1.dump.bz2 | exfat2img -o /dev/sdb1 -"