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16.1.9 Command-line mode usage under DOS
For use in the MS-DOS-compatible environments Acronis True Image Echo Workstation
includes the TrueImageCmdDos.exe utility whichis located in the folder where Acronis
True Image Echo Workstation has been installed, by default it is
C:\Program Files\Acronis\TrueImageEchoWorkstation.
16.2 Scripting
16.2.1 Script execution parameters
Scripts are executed by the TrueImageTerminal.exe utility located in the Acronis True
Image
Echo
Files\Acronis\TrueImageEchoWorkstation). This utility is also used to monitor backup
progress.
TrueImageTerminal execution parameters:
TrueImageTerminal.exe [arguments]
Arguments include the following:
/help – outputs help information about TrueImageTerminal.exe parameters.
/progress – outputs progress of backup operations run either from Acronis True Image
Echo Workstation graphics user interface, or from the script.
/execute: [script file name] – executes a script. If there are several scripts to be
executed, they are queued. An example for executing MyBackup.tis script:
TrueImageTerminal.exe /execute:C:\MyBackup.tis
/nowait
–
an
TrueImageTerminal before backup is finished. Example:
TrueImageTerminal /execute:C:\MyBackup.tis /nowait
By pressing Ctrl+C you can force backup progress output off and switch
TrueImageTerminal to background operation.
You can terminate backup operation executed by TrueImageTerminal by pressing
Ctrl+B.
16.2.2 Script structure
Scripts are written in the XML language and you can use the following tags:
Source. Specifies the partitions or disks to be imaged. Letters assigned to partitions must
be used without a colon. Disk numbers correspond to their system numbers. To create
images of several partitions or disks, use the SOURCE tag for each of them, e.g.:
<source letter ="C" />
<source letter ="D" />
<source disk ="1" />
<source disk ="2" />
Target. Specifies the name and the location of an image file, e.g.:
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