From 722a52b94e4d8ae73bc4ee92472dba8e7174a1ab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jan Sucan Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2025 17:04:24 +0100 Subject: Rename backup operation to create --- README.md | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'README.md') diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 480b2df..57dfed3 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -18,16 +18,16 @@ utility. > diff-dd version -> diff-dd backup [-B BUFFER_SIZE] -i INFILE -b BASEFILE -o OUTFILE +> diff-dd create [-B BUFFER_SIZE] -i INFILE -b BASEFILE -o OUTFILE > diff-dd restore [-B BUFFER_SIZE] -d DIFFFILE -o OUTFILE -## Backup +## Create Using ```diff-dd ``` for backup requires the full backup image to exist. Differential backup is created with: -> diff-dd backup -i INFILE -b BASEFILE -o OUTFILE +> diff-dd create -i INFILE -b BASEFILE -o OUTFILE The ```INFILE``` is a path to the file to backup differentially, the ```BASEFILE``` is the full image, and the ```OUTFILE``` is the file to @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ The restoration means application of the changed data saved in the ```-B``` sets the size of the buffer for the data of the input and output files (default is 4 MiB). The input data is always buffered. The -output data is buffered only in backup mode. +output data is not buffered in the restore mode. ## Example @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ First, the full image of the partition to backup has to be created: When the user decides to create the differential image, he or she runs: -> diff-dd backup -i /dev/sda1 -b full.img -o diff.img +> diff-dd create -i /dev/sda1 -b full.img -o diff.img If a data accident happens, the partition can be restored by running: -- cgit v1.2.3