NTFSINFO

Section: Maintenance Commands (8)
Updated: April 2006
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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:
linux-ntfs-dev@lists.sourceforge.net

AUTHORS

ntfsinfo was written by Matthew J. Fanto, Anton Altaparmakov, Richard Russon, Szabolcs Szakacsits, Yuval Fledel, Yura Pakhuchiy and Cristian Klein.

AVAILABILITY

ntfsinfo is part of the ntfsprogs package and is available from:
http://www.linux-ntfs.org/content/view/19/37

The manual pages are available online at:
http://man.linux-ntfs.org/