Symantec 10024709 manual Using Norton Ghost with switches, Command-line switches

154Command-line switches

Using Norton Ghost with switches

Using Norton Ghost with switches

Norton Ghost can be run in the following ways:

■Interactively with no command-line switches

■Interactively with selected switches

■Automated in batch files (batch mode)

The Norton Ghost command-line switches are used to alter Norton Ghost behavior and automate procedures.

If you are adding switches from the Advanced Options dialog box, some of these switches, for example, the -clone switch, are not applicable to your task. Because you are already performing a backup, restore, or clone operation, the -clone switch is redundant.

To list Norton Ghost command-line switches

◆In the Ghost directory, type one of the following:

■ghost.exe -h

■ghost.exe -?

A hyphen (-) or a slash (/) must precede all switches except @. Switches are not case sensitive. They can be entered in upper, lower, or mixed case.

Command-line switches

@filename	Specifies a file that contains additional command-line switches that Norton Ghost should
	read. Filename indicates the path and file name of the command-line switch file. The
	command-line switch file can include any Norton Ghost command-line switch, except for
	-afile and -dfile. The Norton Ghost command-line switch file must be a text file with each
	switch on a separate line. This feature lets you exceed the DOS command-line limit of 150
	characters.
	For example, for the following command line:
	ghost.exe @ghswitch.txt
	The file Ghswitch.txt would read:
	-clone,mode=pcreate,src=1:2,dst=g:\part2.gho
	-fcr
	-sure