ntfs-3g.probe (8) - Linux Manuals
ntfs-3g.probe: Probe an NTFS volume mountability
NAME
ntfs-3g.probe - Probe an NTFS volume mountability
SYNOPSIS
ntfs-3g.probe <--readonly|--readwrite> volumeDESCRIPTION
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 SoftRAID/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 driver or software.
- 17
- Unsetup SoftRAID/FakeRAID hardware.
- 18
- Unknown reason.
- 19
- Not enough privilege to mount.
- 20
- Out of memory.
- 21
- Unclassified FUSE error.