Name
ntfsinfo - dump a file's attributesSynopsis
ntfsinfo [options] deviceDescription
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
- ntfsprogs(8)