NTFS-3G.PROBE(8) System Manager's Manual NTFS-3G.PROBE(8)
NAME
ntfs-3g.probe - Probe an NTFS volume mountability
SYNOPSIS
ntfs-3g.probe <--readonly|--readwrite> volume
DESCRIPTION
The ntfs-3g.probe utility tests a volume if it's NTFS mountable read-
only or read-write, and exits with a status value accordingly. The vol-
ume can be a block device or image file.
OPTIONS
Below is a summary of the options that ntfs-3g.probe accepts.
-r, --readonly
Test if the volume can be mounted read-only.
-w, --readwrite
Test if the volume can be mounted read-write.
-h, --help
Display help and exit.
EXAMPLE
Test if /dev/sda1 can be mounted read-write:
ntfs-3g.probe --readwrite /dev/sda1
EXIT CODES
The exit codes are as follows:
0 Volume is mountable.
11 Syntax error, command line parsing failed.
12 The volume doesn't have a valid NTFS.
13 Inconsistent NTFS, hardware or device driver fault, or unsetup
SoftRAID/FakeRAID hardware.
14 The NTFS partition is hibernated.
15 The volume was not cleanly unmounted.
16 The volume is already exclusively opened and in use by a kernel
driver or software.
17 Unsetup SoftRAID/FakeRAID hardware.
18 Unknown reason.
19 Not enough privilege to mount.
20 Out of memory.
21 Unclassified FUSE error.
KNOWN ISSUES
Please see
https://github.com/tuxera/ntfs-3g/wiki/NTFS-3G-FAQ
for common questions and known issues. If you think you have found an
undocumented problem in the latest release of the software then please
post an ntfs-3g issue describing it in detail so that the development
team can be aware of the issue and take care of it:
https://github.com/tuxera/ntfs-3g/issues
AUTHORS
ntfs-3g.probe was written by Szabolcs Szakacsits.
THANKS
Alon Bar-Lev has integrated the utility into the NTFS-3G build process
and tested it with Erik Larsson before the public release.
SEE ALSO
ntfs-3g(8)
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