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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 Soft-
	    RAID/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 dri-
	    ver 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 un-
     documented 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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