1 .\" Copyright (c) 2003\-2005 Richard Russon.
2 .\" This file may be copied under the terms of the GNU Public License.
4 .TH NTFSCLUSTER 8 "November 2005" "ntfs-3g @VERSION@"
6 ntfscluster \- identify files in a specified region of an NTFS volume.
9 [\fIoptions\fR] \fIdevice\fR
12 has three modes of operation:
21 is currently not implemented. It will display general information about the
22 NTFS volume when it is working.
27 mode will display a list of files that have data in the specified range of
32 mode will display a list of files that have data in the specified range of
33 clusters. When the cluster size is one sector, this will be equivalent to the
37 Below is a summary of all the options that
39 accepts. Nearly all options have two equivalent names. The short name is
42 and the long name is preceded by
44 Any single letter options, that don't take an argument, can be combined into a
49 Long named options can be abbreviated to any unique prefix of their name.
51 \fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-cluster\fR RANGE
52 Any files whose data is in this range of clusters will be displayed.
54 \fB\-F\fR, \fB\-\-filename\fR NAME
55 Show information about this file.
57 \fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-force\fR
58 This will override some sensible defaults, such as not working with a mounted
59 volume. Use this option with caution.
61 \fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
62 Show a list of options with a brief description of each one.
64 \fB\-I\fR, \fB\-\-inode\fR NUM
65 Show information about this inode.
67 \fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-info\fR
68 This option is not yet implemented.
70 \fB\-q\fR, \fB\-\-quiet\fR
71 Reduce the amount of output to a minimum. Naturally, it doesn't make sense to
72 combine this option with
74 \fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-sector\fR RANGE
75 Any files whose data is in this range of sectors will be displayed.
77 \fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
78 Increase the amount of output that
82 \fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
83 Show the version number, copyright and license for
86 Get some information about the volume /dev/hda1.
89 .B ntfscluster /dev/hda1
92 Look for files in the first 500 clusters of /dev/hda1.
95 .B ntfscluster \-c 0\-500 /dev/hda1
101 mode isn't implemented yet.
103 is quite limited, but it has no known bugs. If you find a bug please send an
104 email describing the problem to the development team:
107 ntfs\-3g\-devel@lists.sf.net
111 was written by Richard Russon, with contributions from Anton Altaparmakov.
112 It was ported to ntfs-3g by Erik Larsson.
117 package and is available from:
120 http://www.tuxera.com/community/