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ntfscluster - identify files in a specified region of an NTFS volume.
ntfscluster [ options ] device
ntfscluster has three
modes of operation: info, sector and cluster.
The default mode, info
is currently not implemented. It will display general infomation about
the NTFS volume when it is working.
The sector mode will display a
list of files that have data in the specified range of sectors.
The
cluster mode will display a list of files that have data in the specified
range of clusters. When the cluster size is one sector, this will be equivalent
to the sector mode of operation.
Below is a summary of all the options
that ntfscluster accepts. All options have two equivalent names. The short
name is preceded by - and the long name is preceded by --. Any single letter
options, that don’t take an argument, can be combined into a single command,
e.g. -fv is equivalent to -f -v. Long named options can be abbreviated to any
unique prefix of their name.
- -c range
- --cluster range
- Any files whose data is in this range of clusters will be
displayed.
- -f
- --force
- This will override some sensible defaults, such as not working with
a mounted volume. Use this option with caution.
- --help
- Show a list of options
with a brief description of each one.
- -i
- --info
- This option is not yet implemented.
- -q
- --quiet
- Reduce the amount of output to a minimum. Naturally, it doesn’t make
sense to combine this option with
- -s
- --sector
- Any files whose data is in this range of sectors will be displayed.
- -v
- --verbose
- Increase the amount of output that ntfscluster prints.
- -V
- --version
- Show the version number, copyright and license ntfscluster.
Get
some information about the volume /dev/hda1.
ntfscluster /dev/hda1
Look
for files in the first 500 clusters of /dev/hda1.
ntfscluster -c 0-500 /dev/hda1
The info mode isn’t implemented yet. This program is quite limited,
but it has no known bugs. If you find one, please send an email to <linux-ntfs-dev@lists.sourceforge.net>
ntfscluster was written by Richard Russon (FlatCap) <ntfs@flatcap.org>
If you find this tool useful, make FlatCap happy and send him an email.
ntfscluster is part of the ntfsprogs package and is available
from
http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/downloads.html
ntfsinfo(8)
, ntfsprogs(8)
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