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Name

ntfsinfo - dump a file's attributes

Synopsis

ntfsinfo [options] device

Description

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.

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.

Bugs

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

Authors

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.

Availability

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

See Also

  1. ntfsprogs(8)