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authorJan Sucan <jan@jansucan.com>2020-12-21 20:07:38 +0100
committerJan Sucan <jan@jansucan.com>2020-12-21 20:07:38 +0100
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parentb06aab993ee8104c638778359008bb114f8ea265 (diff)
Refine example usage description
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@@ -53,12 +53,15 @@ First, the full image of the partition to backup has to be created:
> dd bs=4M if=/dev/sda1 of=full.img
-When user decides to create the differential image, he or she runs:
+When the user decides to create the differential image, he or she runs:
> diff-dd /dev/sda1 full.img diff.img
-If a data accident happens, the partition will be restored by running:
+If a data accident happens, the partition can be restored by running:
> dd bs=4M if=full.img of=/dev/sda1
> diff-dd diff.img /dev/sda1
+
+The first command restores the old full image. The second one applies
+the differences.