NTFS-3G.PROBE(8)                                                                                                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 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

              http://tuxera.com/community/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  send  an  email  describing  it  in  detail.   You  can  contact  the  development  team  on  the
       ntfs-3g-develATlists.net address.

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)



ntfs-3g.probe 2011.4.12                                   January 2008                                          NTFS-3G.PROBE(8)