Chapter 15. Command-line mode and
scripting
Acronis True Image Workstation (local version) supports the command-line mode, as well as
the GUI mode, and can be used to execute XML scripts.
15.1 Working in the command-line mode
An administrator might need a console interface in some situations. Acronis True Image
Workstation supports this mode with
TrueImageCmd.exe
utility. The file is located in a
folder where Acronis True Image Workstation has been installed, by default it is
C:\Program Files\Acronis\TrueImageWorkstation.
15.1.1 Supported commands
TrueImageCmd
has the following format:
trueimagecmd /[command] /[option1] [option2]…
The following commands are supported (each command may be accompanied by additional
options):
1. create
Creates an image file with the specified file name. A complete image is created by default.
Use the /incremental option to create an incremental image.
Options
/progress:[on | off]
Shows/hides the progress information (percent completed). It is shown by default.
/filename:[filename]
Sets the image file name.
/password:[password]
Protects an image with a password.
/net_user:[username]
Specifies a user name when creating an image on a network drive.
/net_password:[password]
Specifies a user password when creating an image on a network drive.
/harddisk:[disk number]
Specifies the hard disks to include into the image file by numbers. The list of available hard
disks is provided by the /list command. An image may contain data of more than one hard
disk. In that case, separate disk numbers by commas, e.g.:
/harddisk
1,3
/partition:[partition number]
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