ntfs-3g.probe

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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:

          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.