User`s guide

16.1.9 Command-line mode usage under DOS

For use in the MS-DOS-compatible environments Acronis True Image Echo Workstation

includes the TrueImageCmdDos.exe utility whichis located in the folder where Acronis

True Image Echo Workstation has been installed, by default it is

C:\Program Files\Acronis\TrueImageEchoWorkstation.

16.2 Scripting

16.2.1 Script execution parameters

Scripts are executed by the TrueImageTerminal.exe utility located in the Acronis True

Image Echo Workstation installation folder (i.e. C:\Program

Files\Acronis\TrueImageEchoWorkstation). This utility is also used to monitor backup

progress.

TrueImageTerminal execution parameters:

TrueImageTerminal.exe [arguments]

Arguments include the following:

/help – outputs help information about TrueImageTerminal.exe parameters.

/progress – outputs progress of backup operations run either from Acronis True Image

Echo Workstation graphics user interface, or from the script.

/execute: [script file name] – executes a script. If there are several scripts to be

executed, they are queued. An example for executing MyBackup.tis script:

TrueImageTerminal.exe /execute:C:\MyBackup.tis

/nowait – an optional script execution argument. Enables to terminate

TrueImageTerminal before backup is finished. Example:

TrueImageTerminal /execute:C:\MyBackup.tis /nowait

By pressing Ctrl+C you can force backup progress output off and switch

TrueImageTerminal to background operation.

You can terminate backup operation executed by TrueImageTerminal by pressing

Ctrl+B.

16.2.2 Script structure

Scripts are written in the XML language and you can use the following tags:

Source. Specifies the partitions or disks to be imaged. Letters assigned to partitions must

be used without a colon. Disk numbers correspond to their system numbers. To create

images of several partitions or disks, use the SOURCE tag for each of them, e.g.:

Target. Specifies the name and the location of an image file, e.g.: