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NTFSTRUNCATE(8)		    System Manager's Manual	       NTFSTRUNCATE(8)

NAME
       ntfstruncate - truncate a file on an NTFS volume

SYNOPSIS
       ntfstruncate [options] device file [attr-type [attr-name]] new-length

DESCRIPTION
       ntfstruncate  truncates (or extends) a specified	attribute belonging to
       a file or directory, to a specified length.

OPTIONS
       Below is	a summary  of  all  the	 options  that	ntfstruncate  accepts.
       Nearly  all  options have two equivalent	names.	The short name is pre-
       ceded by	- and the long name is preceded	by --.	Any single letter  op-
       tions,  that don't take an argument, can	be combined into a single com-
       mand, e.g.  -fv is equivalent to	-f -v.	Long named options can be  ab-
       breviated to any	unique prefix of their name.

       -f, --force
	      This  will  override some	sensible defaults, such	as not using a
	      mounted volume.  Use this	option with caution.

       -h, --help
	      Show a list of options with a brief description of each one.

       -l     Display licensing	information.

       -n, --no-action
	      Simulate the truncation without actually write to	device.

       -q, --quiet
	      Suppress some debug/warning/error	messages.

       -v, --verbose
	      Display more debug/warning/error messages.

       -V, --version
	      Show the version number, copyright and license of	ntfstruncate.

       attr-type
	      Define a particular attribute type to be truncated (advanced use
	      only).  By default, the unnamed $DATA attribute (the contents of
	      a	plain file) will be truncated. The attribute has to be	speci-
	      fied by a	number in decimal or hexadecimal :
	      +--------------------------------------------+
	      |	Hex	Decimal	  Name			   |
	      |	0x10	16	  "$STANDARD_INFORMATION"  |
	      |	0x20	32	  "$ATTRIBUTE_LIST"	   |
	      |	0x30	48	  "$FILE_NAME"		   |
	      |	0x40	64	  "$OBJECT_ID"		   |
	      |	0x50	80	  "$SECURITY_DESCRIPTOR"   |
	      |	0x60	96	  "$VOLUME_NAME"	   |
	      |	0x70	112	  "$VOLUME_INFORMATION"	   |
	      |	0x80	128	  "$DATA"		   |
	      |	0x90	144	  "$INDEX_ROOT"		   |
	      |	0xA0	160	  "$INDEX_ALLOCATION"	   |
	      |	0xB0	176	  "$BITMAP"		   |
	      |	0xC0	192	  "$REPARSE_POINT"	   |
	      |	0xD0	208	  "$EA_INFORMATION"	   |
	      |	0xE0	224	  "$EA"			   |
	      |	0xF0	240	  "$PROPERTY_SET"	   |
	      |	0x100	256	  "$LOGGED_UTILITY_STREAM" |
	      +--------------------------------------------+

       attr-name
	      Define the name of the particular	attribute type to be truncated
	      (advanced	use only).

       new-length
	      Specify the target size of the file.  It will be rounded up to a
	      multiple	of  the	 cluster size.	A suffix of K, M, G, T,	P or E
	      may be appended to mean a	multiplicative factor of  a  power  of
	      1000.  Similarly a suffix	of Ki, Mi, Gi, Ti, Pi or Ei may	be ap-
	      pended to	mean a multiplicative factor of	a power	of 1024.

EXAMPLES
       Resize to 100MB the file	database.db  located  in  the  Data  directory
       which is	at the root of an NTFS file system.

	      ntfstruncate /dev/sda1 Data/database.db 100M

BUGS
       There  are  no  known  problems	with ntfstruncate.  If you find	a bug,
       please send an email describing the problem to the development team:
       ntfs-3g-devel@lists.sf.net

AUTHORS
       ntfstruncate was	written	by Anton Altaparmakov.

AVAILABILITY
       ntfstruncate is part of the ntfs-3g package and is available from:
       https://github.com/tuxera/ntfs-3g/wiki/

SEE ALSO
       ntfs-3g(8), ntfsfallocate(8), ntfsprogs(8).

ntfs-3g	2022.10.3		   June	2014		       NTFSTRUNCATE(8)

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