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apt-clone: manual page for apt-clone 0.2

NAME

apt-clone - manual page for apt-clone 0.2

DESCRIPTION

usage: apt-clone [-h] [--debug] {info,clone,restore,restore-new-distro} ...

Clone/restore package info of a debian based system or chroot environment.

optional arguments:

-h, --help
show help message for apt-clone. Alternatively --help will output command specific help for any of the {info,clone,restore,restore-new-distro} commands.
--debug
enable debug output

Commands:

{info,clone,restore,restore-new-distro}
info
Show info about a apt-clone archive.
clone
Create a clone-file into <destination>. A alternative source dir can be specified with --source.
restore
Restore a clone file from <source>. A alternative destination can be given with --destination.
restore-new-distro
Restore a clone file from <source> to <destination> and try upgrading along the way. this can be used so that the current release is cloned, a new install is done and then the old clone is installed.