Manpages - ntfscluster.8

ntfscluster - identify files in a specified region of an NTFS volume.

ntfscluster [/options/] device

ntfscluster has three modes of operation: info, sector and cluster.

Below is a summary of all the options that ntfscluster accepts. Nearly all options have two equivalent names. The short name is preceded by - and the long name is preceded by --. Any single letter options, that don’t take an argument, can be combined into a single command, e.g. -fv is equivalent to -f -v. Long named options can be abbreviated to any unique prefix of their name.

-c, –cluster RANGE

Any files whose data is in this range of clusters will be displayed.

-F, –filename NAME

Show information about this file.

-f, –force

This will override some sensible defaults, such as not working with a mounted volume. Use this option with caution.

-h, –help

Show a list of options with a brief description of each one.

-I, –inode NUM

Show information about this inode.

-i, –info

This option is not yet implemented.

-q, –quiet

Reduce the amount of output to a minimum. Naturally, it doesn’t make sense to combine this option with –verbose

-s, –sector RANGE

Any files whose data is in this range of sectors will be displayed.

-v, –verbose

Increase the amount of output that ntfscluster prints.

-V, –version

Show the version number, copyright and license for ntfscluster.

Get some information about the volume /dev/hda1.

ntfscluster /dev/hda1

Look for files in the first 500 clusters of /dev/hda1.

ntfscluster -c 0-500 /dev/hda1

The info mode isn’t implemented yet. ntfscluster is quite limited, but it has no known bugs. If you find a bug please send an email describing the problem to the development team:

ntfs-3g-devel@lists.sf.net

ntfscluster was written by Richard Russon, with contributions from Anton Altaparmakov. It was ported to ntfs-3g by Erik Larsson.

ntfscluster is part of the ntfs-3g package and is available from:

http://www.tuxera.com/community/

*ntfsinfo*(8), *ntfsprogs*(8)