NAME

       ntfs-3g.probe - Probe an NTFS volume mountability

SYNOPSIS

       ntfs-3g.probe <--readonly|--readwrite> volume

DESCRIPTION

       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.

KNOWN ISSUES

       Please see

              https://github.com/tuxera/ntfs-3g/wiki/NTFS-3G-FAQ

       for common questions and known issues.  If  you  think  you  have  found  an  undocumented
       problem in the latest release of the software then please post an ntfs-3g issue describing
       it in detail so that the development team can be aware of the issue and take care of it:

              https://github.com/tuxera/ntfs-3g/issues

AUTHORS

       ntfs-3g.probe was written by Szabolcs Szakacsits.

THANKS

       Alon Bar-Lev has integrated the utility into the NTFS-3G build process and tested it  with
       Erik Larsson before the public release.

SEE ALSO

       ntfs-3g(8)