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 volume 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:

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

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)