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1.3.2.1. 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” />
1.3.2.2. Target
Specifies the name and the location of an image file, e.g.:
<target file=“E:\Mybackup2.tib” username=”username” password=”password” />
username and password parameters are optional. They are used to access networked resources.
As a target for the image files you can indicate a CD-R/RW or tape drive.
1.3.2.3. Options
This tag can be used with a number of additional parameters:
Compression
specifies the backup compression level. Can be None, Low, Normal, High.
Incremental
specifies whether you need to create an incremental image file. If equal to ”false” (or “0”), a
complete image file will be created. If there is already a file with the specified name, it will be
replaced without warnings. If equal to “true” (or “1”) and there is already a file with the specified
name, an incremental image will be created. Otherwise the program will create a complete image
file. The default value for this parameter is “true”.
Description
adds a description to an image file. The comment must be a single string (though its length is not
limited.)
Split
splits a large image file into a number of smaller files of the specified size, which can be provided
in bytes, kilobytes, megabytes, etc.
Password
adds password protection to an image file.
1.3.3. Script usage examples
The following example illustrates the usage of a script to back up two partitions (logical drives), C and
F. mybackup2.tib is specified as an incremental image file. High compression level is selected and the
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