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From: Artem Blagodarenko <artem.blagodarenko@gmail.com>
To: linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org
Cc: alexey.lyashkov@gmail.com, artem.blagodarenko@gmail.com
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] man: add -b option to e2image
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2017 19:58:46 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1498496326-76684-5-git-send-email-artem.blagodarenko@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1498496326-76684-1-git-send-email-artem.blagodarenko@gmail.com>

From: Artem Blagodarenko <artem.blagodarenko@seagate.com>

Add manual page for e2image -b option.

Signed-off-by: Artem Blagodarenko <artem.blagodarenko@seagate.com>
---
 misc/e2image.8.in |   15 +++++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/misc/e2image.8.in b/misc/e2image.8.in
index f28a76e..61c23da 100644
--- a/misc/e2image.8.in
+++ b/misc/e2image.8.in
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ e2image \- Save critical ext2/ext3/ext4 filesystem metadata to a file
 .B \-r|Q
 ]
 [
+.B \-b
+.I superblock
+]
+[
 .B \-fr
 ]
 .I device
@@ -167,6 +171,12 @@ the
 option will prevent analysis of problems related to hash-tree indexed
 directories.
 .PP
+Option
+.B \-b
+.I superblock
+can be used to get image from partition with broken primary superblock.
+The partition is copied as is including broken primary superblock. 
+.PP
 Note that this will work even if you substitute "/dev/hda1" for another raw
 disk image, or QCOW2 image previously created by
 .BR e2image .
@@ -217,6 +227,11 @@ This can be useful to write a qcow2 image containing all data to a
 sparse image file where it can be loop mounted, or to a disk partition.
 Note that this may not work with qcow2 images not generated by e2image.
 .PP
+Option
+.B \-b
+.I superblock
+can be used same way as for raw images.
+.PP
 .SH INCLUDING DATA
 Normally
 .B e2image
-- 
1.7.1

  parent reply	other threads:[~2017-07-04 12:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-06-26 16:58 [PATCH 0/4] e2image -b option to pass superblock number Artem Blagodarenko
2017-06-26 16:58 ` [PATCH 1/4] ext2fs: opening filesystem code refactoring Artem Blagodarenko
2017-07-05 17:01   ` Andreas Dilger
2017-06-26 16:58 ` [PATCH 2/4] e2image: add -b option to use supperblock backup Artem Blagodarenko
2017-07-05 17:06   ` Andreas Dilger
2017-06-26 16:58 ` [PATCH 3/4] tests: add test for e2image -b option Artem Blagodarenko
2017-07-05 22:27   ` Andreas Dilger
2017-06-26 16:58 ` Artem Blagodarenko [this message]
2017-07-05 17:07   ` [PATCH 4/4] man: add -b option to e2image Andreas Dilger

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