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1.\" Copyright (c) 2002\-2004 Anton Altaparmakov.
2.\" Copyright (c) 2005 Richard Russon.
3.\" This file may be copied under the terms of the GNU Public License.
4.\"
5.TH NTFSINFO 8 "April 2006" "ntfs-3g @VERSION@"
6.SH NAME
7ntfsinfo \- dump a file's attributes
8.SH SYNOPSIS
9.B ntfsinfo
10[\fIoptions\fR] \fIdevice\fR
11.SH DESCRIPTION
12.B ntfsinfo
13will dump the attributes of inode
14.I inode\-number
15or the file
16.I path\-filename
17and/or information about the mft (
18.I \-m
19option).
20Run ntfsinfo without arguments for a full list of options.
21.SH OPTIONS
22Below is a summary of all the options that
23.B ntfsinfo
24accepts. Nearly all options have two equivalent names. The short name is
25preceded by
26.B \-
27and the long name is preceded by
28.BR \-\- .
29Any single letter options, that don't take an argument, can be combined into a
30single command, e.g.
31.B \-fv
32is equivalent to
33.BR "\-f \-v" .
34Long named options can be abbreviated to any unique prefix of their name.
35.TP
36\fB\-F\fR, \fB\-\-file\fR FILE
37Show information about this file
38.TP
39\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-force\fR
40This will override some sensible defaults, such as not overwriting an existing
41file. Use this option with caution.
42.TP
43\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
44Show a list of options with a brief description of each one.
45.TP
46\fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-inode\fR NUM
47Show information about this inode.
48.TP
49\fB\-m\fR, \fB\-\-mft\fR
50Show information about the volume.
51.TP
52\fB\-q\fR, \fB\-\-quiet\fR
53Produce less output.
54.TP
55\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-notime\fR
56Do not display timestamps in the output.
57.TP
58\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
59Increase the amount of output that
60.B ntfsinfo
61prints.
62.TP
63\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
64Show the version number, copyright and license.
65.SH BUGS
66There are no known problems with
67.BR ntfsinfo .
68If you find a bug please send an email describing the problem to the
69development team:
70.br
71.nh
72ntfs\-3g\-devel@lists.sf.net
73.hy
74.SH AUTHORS
75.B ntfsinfo
76was written by Matthew J. Fanto, Anton Altaparmakov, Richard Russon, Szabolcs
77Szakacsits, Yuval Fledel, Yura Pakhuchiy and Cristian Klein.
78It was ported to ntfs-3g by Erik Larsson and Jean-Pierre Andre.
79.SH AVAILABILITY
80.B ntfsinfo
81is part of the
82.B ntfs-3g
83package and is available from:
84.br
85.nh
86http://www.tuxera.com/community/
87.hy
88.SH SEE ALSO
89.BR ntfsprogs (8)
90