diff -Naur partimage-0.6.7/src/client/main.cpp partimage-0.6.7-description/src/client/main.cpp
--- partimage-0.6.7/src/client/main.cpp	2008-02-03 22:58:00.000000000 +0100
+++ partimage-0.6.7-description/src/client/main.cpp	2008-02-04 14:46:32.000000000 +0100
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@
   {"fully-batch", required_argument, NULL, 'B'},
   {"nocheck", no_argument, NULL, 'c'},
   {"nodesc", no_argument, NULL, 'd'},
+  {"description",required_argument, NULL, 'D'},
   {"erase", no_argument, NULL, 'e'},
   {"finish", required_argument, NULL, 'f'},
   {"debug", required_argument, NULL, 'g'},
@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@
 
 static char finish_last_countfile_lock[]="/tmp/partimageXXXXXX.lock";
 static char finish_last_countfile[]="/tmp/partimageXXXXXX";
-static char optstring[]="z:oV:ecmdhf:s:p:bwg:vynSMa:iU:P:XB:";
+static char optstring[]="z:oV:ecmdhf:s:p:bwg:vynSMa:iU:P:XB:D:";
 FILE * g_fDebug; // debug file
 FILE * g_fLocalDebug; // debug file
 CInterface * g_interface;
@@ -312,6 +313,12 @@
 	    options.bAskDesc = false;
 	    break;
 	  
+	  case 'D': // description in batch mode
+            strncpy(options.szDescription, optarg, MAX_DESCRIPTION);
+            *(options.szDescription+MAX_DESCRIPTION-1) = '\0';
+	    options.bAskDesc = false;
+	    break;
+	    
 	  case 'h': // help
 	    usage();
 	    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
@@ -952,6 +959,7 @@
 	      "* -c,  --nocheck       don't check the partition before saving\n"
 	      "* -o,  --overwrite     overwrite the existing image file without confirmation\n"
 	      "* -d,  --nodesc        don't ask any description for the image file\n"
+	      "* -DX, --description=X set image description in batch mode\n"
 	      "* -V,  --volume        (split image into multiple volumes files)\n"
 	      "  -VX, --volume=X      create volumes with a size of X MB\n"
 	      "* -w,  --waitvol       wait for a confirmation after each volume change\n"
diff -Naur partimage-0.6.7/src/client/misc.cpp partimage-0.6.7-description/src/client/misc.cpp
--- partimage-0.6.7/src/client/misc.cpp	2008-02-03 22:58:00.000000000 +0100
+++ partimage-0.6.7-description/src/client/misc.cpp	2008-02-04 14:47:17.000000000 +0100
@@ -437,7 +437,10 @@
       g_interface -> askDescription(headMain.szPartDescription,
 				    MAX_DESCRIPTION);
     }
-
+  else if (strlen(options->szDescription)>0)
+    {
+      strcpy(headMain.szPartDescription,options->szDescription);
+    }
   // bzip2 bug workaround
   if ((options->dwCompression == COMPRESS_BZIP2) 
     && (!g_interface->getBatchMode()))
diff -Naur partimage-0.6.7/src/shared/common.h partimage-0.6.7-description/src/shared/common.h
--- partimage-0.6.7/src/shared/common.h	2008-02-03 22:57:55.000000000 +0100
+++ partimage-0.6.7-description/src/shared/common.h	2008-02-04 14:46:32.000000000 +0100
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@
   char szUserName[MAX_USERNAMELEN];
   char szPassWord[MAX_PASSWORDLEN];
   char szFullyBatchMode[2048];
+  char szDescription[MAX_DESCRIPTION];
 };
 
 #define MAX_UNAMEINFOLEN 65 //SYS_NMLN