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Ghost Command Line Switches Reference
Ghost may be run in interactive or in batch mode. Batch mode is useful for automat-
ing installations for backups using Ghost. Most of the Ghost switches are used to
assist with batch mode operation. To list switches from Ghost, type ghost.exe -h.
-clone
The full syntax for this switch is:
clone,MODE={copy|load|dump|pcopy|pload|pdump},SRC=
{drive|file|drive:partition|,DST={drive|file|drive:partition},SZE{F|L|n=
{nnnnM|nnP|F|V}}
Clone using arguments. This is the most useful of the batch switches
and has a series of arguments that define:
a) MODE
COPY
LOAD
DUMP
PCOPY
PLOAD
PDUMP
b) SRC
Mode
COPY/
DUMP
LOAD
PCOPY/
PDUMP
PLOAD
This defines the type of clone command to be used:
disk to disk copy
file to disk load
disk to file dump
partition to partition copy
file to partition load
partition to file dump
This defines the source location for the operation:
Meaning:
Source drive (e.g, 1 for drive one)
Disk image filename or device (e.g, g:\Images\system2.img)
Source partition e.g, 1:2 indicates the second partition
on drive one.
Partition image filename or device and partition
number. Example: g:\images\disk1.img:2 indicates the
second partition in the Image file.
Appendix
D-13
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