---
name: "fsntfsinfo"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "libfsntfs-utils"
version: "20240501-1+b1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/fsntfsinfo"
---

# fsntfsinfo(1)

determines information about a Windows NT File System (NTFS) volume

## NAME

**fsntfsinfo** – determines information about a Windows NT File System (NTFS) volume

## SYNOPSIS

**fsntfsinfo** \[**-B** *bodyfile*\] \[**-E** *mft\_entry\_index*\] \[**-F** *file\_entry*\] \[**-o** *offset*\] \[**-dhHUvV**\] *source*

## DESCRIPTION

**fsntfsinfo** is a utility to determine information about a Windows NT File System (NTFS) volume

**fsntfsinfo** is part of the **libfsntfs** package. **libfsntfs** is a library to access the Windows NT File System (NTFS) format

*source* is the source file.

The options are as follows:

- **-B** *bodyfile*

  output file system hierarchy as a bodyfile

- **-d**

  calculate a MD5 hash of a file entry to include in the bodyfile

- **-E** *mft\_entry\_index*

  show information about a specific MFT entry index or "all"

- **-F** *file\_entry*

  show information about a specific file entry path

- **-h**

  shows this help

- **-H**

  shows the file system hierarcy

- **-o** *offset*

  specify the volume offset

- **-U**

  shows information from the USN change journal ($UsnJrnl)

- **-v**

  verbose output to stderr

- **-V**

  print version

## ENVIRONMENT

None

## FILES

None

## EXAMPLES

```
# fsntfsinfo ntfs-img-kw-1.dd
fsntfsinfo 20160414

Windows NT File System information:

Volume information:
	Name				: KW-SRCH-1
	Version				: 3.1
	Serial number			: ba50ed9250ed5623
	Cluster block size		: 512
	MFT entry size			: 1024
	Index entry size		: 4096

```

## DIAGNOSTICS

Errors, verbose and debug output are printed to stderr when verbose output -v is enabled. Verbose and debug output are only printed when enabled at compilation.

## BUGS

Please report bugs of any kind to \<joachim.metz@gmail.com\> or on the project website: https://github.com/libyal/libfsntfs/

## AUTHOR

These man pages were written by Joachim Metz.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2010-2022, Joachim Metz \<joachim.metz@gmail.com\>. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

## SEE ALSO