Description of the Switches
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This section describes the switches that are used in the "How to
Use the Fastconv Extraction Tool" section in this article:
- /v Verifies only the store and does not extract files. This switch
does, however, verify if the compression is in good condition for all
of the files that are included and not excluded. Use this switch to
verify that the store is in good condition. If you specify both the /v
and /d switches, the tool displays an estimate of the space that is
needed to extract all of the files from the store, along with the
number of files that the store contains.
- /i Specifies the files to be included for decompression. The
parameter is a pattern and all matching files are
included for decompression. If you do not use the /i switch, all files
are considered to be included. Note that you can use multiple /i
switches.
- /e
Specifies the files to exclude from decompression. The
parameter is a pattern and all
matching files are excluded from decompression. If you use only the /e switch,
all files are excluded.
Note You cannot use multiple /e switches.
A good use for
this switch is if a corrupted file is in the store, and you want to exclude
that specific file from decompression. For example, if you run the tool with /v
switch and the store is in good condition, the tool finishes successfully. If a
file in the store is damaged, you receive an error message about the damaged
file, and the tool quits unexpectedly. The file mentioned in the error message
is the file that you want to exclude. For instance, if you run the Fastconv /v command, and
then you receive an error message about the 00001017.dat file, you start the tool again
with the /e switch. To do so, type the following command:
"fastconv /v /e:00001017.dat" (without the quotation marks) If the tool finishes successfully, run
the tool with the same /e:00001017.dat switch but without the /v switch to
extract all the files from the store except the 00001017.dat file.
- /s Specifies the source store location.
- /d Specifies the destination store location.
- /t Specifies the temporary storage folder. Note You must specify a
valid temporary folder.
- /k Prevents the tool from erasing the temporary files when it is
finished. The /k switch is useful when corruption on the FSTW store
touches the Transdb.dat file from inside the store. The Transdb.dat
file maintains the link between original file names and the names
inside the store. If the Transdb.dat file is corrupted, you cannot
recover it. However, when you use the /k switch, the extracted files
remain in the temporary folder. Even if you do not know the original
names of the files, you can attempt to understand what each file was.