NAME

fscp - Copy a raw filesystem to a destination path.

SYNOPSIS

fscp [-t fstype] [-a] [-R] [-p] [-v] device [pathname ...] destination

DESCRIPTION

fscat is a system to read a filesystem off of a raw device and archive or copy its files. This allows administrators to recover data when drivers are not available, and even when the storage is slightly corrupt.

The fscp program reads files from a raw filesystem and copies them out to a path somewhere in the filesystem tree. It can do this recursively, behaving mostly as if the raw filesystem was a starting path.

fscp attempts to determine the type of filesystem on the device. If it cannot, the user must specify it with the -t option.

OPTIONS

-a
This is equivalent to -pR.

-h, --help
Print a short usage summary.

-p
Preserve permissions. This option is provided for completeness, but fscp supports this mode by default anyway.

-R
Recurse into subdirectories.

-t fstype
Specifies the type of filesystem on the device. fscp will attempt to determine the filesystem type if this option is not specified. If specified, fscp will attempt to read the device as this type.

If fscp does not have a driver to support the specified or discovered type, it will be unable to read the device.

-V, --version
Print the fscp program version number.

-v
Increase the verbosity level.

SEE ALSO

fscat(8) fsextract(8) fsls(8)

AUTHOR

Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2005 Oracle. All rights reserved.

This program is free software; see the file COPYING in the source distribution for the terms under which it can be redistributed and/or modified.