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## 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 hard‐
              ware.

       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  de‐
       tail 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)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/ntfs-3g/8/markdown)



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