NTFS-3G.PROBE(8)            System Manager's Manual           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

              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.

SEE ALSO
       ntfs-3g(8)

ntfs-3g.probe 2022.10.3          January 2008                 NTFS-3G.PROBE(8)