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.