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163Command-line switches
Command-line switches
-skip=x The skip file switch causes Norton Ghost to exclude the indicated files during a create or
restore operation. A skip entry can specify a single file, a directory, or multiple files using
the * wildcard. File names must be given in short file name format and all path names are
absolute. Only FAT system files can be skipped. It is not possible to skip files on NTFS or
other file systems. The skip switch may only be included in the command line once. To
specify multiple skip entries, they must be included in a text file indicated using
-skip=@skipfile. The format of the skip text file, skipfile, matches the format used with the
CRC32 vexcept option.
For example:
■ -skip=\windows\user.dll
Skips the file User.dll in the Windows directory.
■ -skip=*\readme.txt
Skips any file called Readme.txt in any directory.
■ -skip=\ghost\*.dll
Skips any file ending with .dll in the Ghost directory.
■ -skip=\progra~1\
Skips the program files directory (note the short file name).
■ -skip=@skipfile.txt
Skips files as outlined in Skipfile.txt. For example, if Skipfile.txt contains:
*\*.tmt
[partition:1]
\windows\
*\*.exe
[Partition:2]
*\*me.txt
This would skip all *.tmt files on any partition, the Windows directory, all *.exe files
on the first partition, and any file that ends with me.txt on the second partition.
-span Enables spanning of image files across volumes.
Do not use this switch if you are running Ghost.exe to write an image file directly to a CD-
R/RW. Ghost.exe automatically spans CD-R/RW disks if required.
-split=x Splits image file into x MB spans. Use this switch to create a forced-size volume set. For
example, if you want to force smaller image files from a 1024 MB drive, you could specify
200 MB segments.
For example:
ghost.exe -split=200
This divides the image into 200 MB segments.
-sure Use the -sure switch in conjunction with -clone to avoid being prompted with the final
question “Proceed with disk clone - destination drive will be overwritten?” This command
is useful in batch mode.