Manpages - ntfsinfo.8

ntfsinfo - dump a file’s attributes

ntfsinfo [/options/] device

ntfsinfo will dump the attributes of inode inode-number or the file path-filename and/or information about the mft ( -m option). Run ntfsinfo without arguments for a full list of options.

Below is a summary of all the options that ntfsinfo 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.

-F, –file FILE

Show information about this file

-f, –force

This will override some sensible defaults, such as not overwriting an existing file. 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.

-m, –mft

Show information about the volume.

-q, –quiet

Produce less output.

-t, –notime

Do not display timestamps in the output.

-v, –verbose

Increase the amount of output that ntfsinfo prints.

-V, –version

Show the version number, copyright and license.

There are no known problems with ntfsinfo. If you find a bug please send an email describing the problem to the development team:

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

ntfsinfo was written by Matthew J. Fanto, Anton Altaparmakov, Richard Russon, Szabolcs Szakacsits, Yuval Fledel, Yura Pakhuchiy and Cristian Klein. It was ported to ntfs-3g by Erik Larsson and Jean-Pierre Andre.

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

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

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