| .\" Copyright (c) 2008 Szabolcs Szakacsits. |
| .\" This file may be copied under the terms of the GNU Public License. |
| .\" |
| .TH NTFS-3G.PROBE 8 "January 2008" "ntfs-3g.probe @VERSION@" |
| .SH NAME |
| ntfs-3g.probe \- Probe an NTFS volume mountability |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .B ntfs-3g.probe |
| .I <\-\-readonly|\-\-readwrite> |
| .I volume |
| .br |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| The \fBntfs-3g.probe\fR utility tests a volume if it's NTFS mountable |
| read-only or read-write, and exits with a status value accordingly. |
| The \fIvolume\fR can be a block device or image file. |
| .SH OPTIONS |
| Below is a summary of the options that \fBntfs-3g.probe\fR accepts. |
| .TP |
| .B \-r, \-\-readonly |
| Test if the volume can be mounted read-only. |
| .TP |
| .B \-w, \-\-readwrite |
| Test if the volume can be mounted read-write. |
| .TP |
| .B \-h, \-\-help |
| Display help and exit. |
| .SH EXAMPLE |
| Test if /dev/sda1 can be mounted read-write: |
| .RS |
| .sp |
| .B ntfs-3g.probe --readwrite /dev/sda1 |
| .sp |
| .RE |
| .SH EXIT CODES |
| The exit codes are as follows: |
| .IP 0 |
| Volume is mountable. |
| .IP 11 |
| Syntax error, command line parsing failed. |
| .IP 12 |
| The volume doesn't have a valid NTFS. |
| .IP 13 |
| Inconsistent NTFS, hardware or device driver fault, or unsetup |
| SoftRAID/FakeRAID hardware. |
| .IP 14 |
| The NTFS partition is hibernated. |
| .IP 15 |
| The volume was not cleanly unmounted. |
| .IP 16 |
| The volume is already exclusively opened and in use by a kernel |
| driver or software. |
| .IP 17 |
| Unsetup SoftRAID/FakeRAID hardware. |
| .IP 18 |
| Unknown reason. |
| .IP 19 |
| Not enough privilege to mount. |
| .IP 20 |
| Out of memory. |
| .IP 21 |
| Unclassified FUSE error. |
| .SH KNOWN ISSUES |
| Please see |
| .RS |
| .sp |
| http://tuxera.com/community/ntfs-3g-faq/ |
| .sp |
| .RE |
| for common questions and known issues. |
| If you think you have found an undocumented problem in the latest release of |
| the software then please send an email describing it in detail. |
| You can contact the development team on the ntfs\-3g\-devel@lists.sf.net |
| address. |
| .SH AUTHORS |
| .B ntfs-3g.probe |
| was written by Szabolcs Szakacsits. |
| .SH THANKS |
| Alon Bar-Lev has integrated the utility into the NTFS-3G build process and |
| tested it with Erik Larsson before the public release. |
| .SH SEE ALSO |
| .BR ntfs-3g (8) |