ntfs.util(8)

NAME

ntfs.util – NTFS file system utility

SYNOPSIS

ntfs.util -k device

ntfs.util -m device mountpoint mountflag1 mountflag2 mountflag3 mountflag4

ntfs.util -p device mountflag1 mountflag2

ntfs.util -u device mountpoint

DESCRIPTION

The ntfs.util command supports the mounting, probing, and unmounting of NTFS file systems.

Options:

-k

Get the UUID key for the NTFS file system at device.

-m

Mount the NTFS file system located on device onto mountpoint with the flags mountflag1 mountflag2 mountflag3 mountflag4.

-p

Probe the device for an NTFS file system using the flags mountflag1 mountflag2. If the probe is successful, i.e. the device contains a valid NTFS file system, its label is printed to the standard output stream.

-u

Unmount the NTFS file system located at device and mounted on mountpoint.

The mountflags referenced above are:

• mountflag1: removable or fixed

• mountflag2: readonly or writeable

• mountflag3: suid or nosuid

• mountflag4: dev or nodev

SEE ALSO

diskarbitrationd(8) mount_ntfs(8)

HISTORY

This NTFS implementation first appeared in Mac OS X 10.5.

AUTHORS

This NTFS implementation was written by Anton Altaparmakov ⟨[email protected]⟩.