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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)

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