libext2fs: fix a coding style for EXT2_NO_MTAB_FILE

[tools/e2fsprogs.git] / misc / e2image.8.in

diff --git a/misc/e2image.8.in b/misc/e2image.8.in
index 8876e77..84b9729 100644 (file)
--- a/misc/e2image.8.in
+++ b/misc/e2image.8.in
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ e2image \- Save critical ext2/ext3/ext4 filesystem metadata to a file
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B e2image
 [
-.B \-rsI
+.B \-rsIQa
 ]
 .I device
 .I image-file
@@ -171,6 +171,26 @@ is regular QCOW2 image and can be processed by tools aware of QCOW2 format
 such as for example
 .BR qemu-img .
 .PP
+You can convert a qcow2 image into a raw image with:
+.PP
+.br
+\      \fBe2image \-r hda1.qcow2 hda1.raw\fR
+.br
+.PP
+This can be useful to write a qcow2 image containing all data to a
+sparse image file where it can be loop mounted, or to a disk partition.
+Note that this may not work with qcow2 images not generated by e2image.
+.PP
+.SH INCLUDING DATA
+Normally
+.B e2image
+only includes fs metadata, not regular file data.  The
+.B \-a
+option can be specified to include all data.  This will
+give an image that is suitable to use to clone the entire FS or
+for backup purposes.  Note that this option only works with the
+raw or QCOW2 formats.
+.PP
 .SH AUTHOR
 .B e2image
 was written by Theodore Ts'o (tytso@mit.edu).