e2image 1.47.4 (6-Mar-2025)
/usr/bin/e2image: invalid option -- '-'
Usage: /usr/bin/e2image [ -r|-Q ] [ -f ] [ -b superblock ] [ -B blocksize ] device image-file
/usr/bin/e2image -I device image-file
/usr/bin/e2image -ra [ -cfnp ] [ -o src_offset ] [ -O dest_offset ] src_fs [ dest_fs ]
Options (13)
| Option | Description | Source |
|---|
-a | Include file data in the image file. | man |
-b superblock | Get image from partition with broken primary superblock by using the superblock located at file system block number superblock. | man |
-B blocksize | Set the file system blocksize in bytes. | man |
-c | Compare each block to be copied from the source device to the corresponding block in the target image-file. | man |
-f | Override the read-only requirement for the source file system when saving the image file using the -r and -Q options. | man |
-I | install the metadata stored in the image file back to the device. | man |
-n | Cause all image writes to be skipped, and instead only print the block numbers that would have been written. | man |
-o src_offset | Specify offset of the image to be read from the start of the source device in bytes. | man |
-O tgt_offset | Specify offset of the image to be written from the start of the target image-file in bytes. | man |
-p | Show progress of image-file creation. | man |
-Q | Create a QCOW2-format image file instead of a normal image file, suitable for use by virtual machine images, and other tools that can use the .qcow image format. | man |
-r | Create a raw image file instead of a normal image file. | man |
-s | Scramble directory entries and zero out unused portions of the directory blocks in the written image file to avoid revealing information about the contents of the file system. | man |
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