.\" Copyright (c) 2002\-2004 Anton Altaparmakov.
.\" Copyright (c) 2005 Richard Russon.
.\" This file may be copied under the terms of the GNU Public License.
.\"
.TH NTFSINFO 8 "April 2006" "ntfsprogs @VERSION@"
.SH NAME
ntfsinfo \- dump a file's attributes
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B ntfsinfo
[\fIoptions\fR] \fIdevice\fR
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B ntfsinfo
will dump the attributes of inode
.I inode\-number
or the file
.I path\-filename
and/or information about the mft (
.I \-m
option).
Run ntfsinfo without arguments for a full list of options.
.SH OPTIONS
Below is a summary of all the options that
.B ntfsinfo
accepts.  Nearly all options have two equivalent names.  The short name is
preceded by
.B \-
and the long name is preceded by
.BR \-\- .
Any single letter options, that don't take an argument, can be combined into a
single command, e.g.
.B \-fv
is equivalent to
.BR "\-f \-v" .
Long named options can be abbreviated to any unique prefix of their name.
.TP
\fB\-F\fR, \fB\-\-file\fR FILE
Show information about this file
.TP
\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-force\fR
This will override some sensible defaults, such as not overwriting an existing
file.  Use this option with caution.
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
Show a list of options with a brief description of each one.
.TP
\fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-inode\fR NUM
Show information about this inode.
.TP
\fB\-m\fR, \fB\-\-mft\fR
Show information about the volume.
.TP
\fB\-q\fR, \fB\-\-quiet\fR
Produce less output.
.TP
\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-notime\fR
Do not display timestamps in the output.
.TP
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
Increase the amount of output that
.B ntfsinfo
prints.
.TP
\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
Show the version number, copyright and license.
.SH BUGS
There are no known problems with
.BR ntfsinfo .
If you find a bug please send an email describing the problem to the
development team:
.br
.nh
linux\-ntfs\-dev@lists.sourceforge.net
.hy
.SH AUTHORS
.B ntfsinfo
was written by Matthew J. Fanto, Anton Altaparmakov, Richard Russon, Szabolcs
Szakacsits, Yuval Fledel, Yura Pakhuchiy and Cristian Klein.
.SH AVAILABILITY
.B ntfsinfo
is part of the
.B ntfsprogs
package and is available from:
.br
.nh
http://www.linux\-ntfs.org/content/view/19/37
.hy
.sp
The manual pages are available online at:
.br
.nh
http://man.linux-ntfs.org/
.hy
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR ntfsprogs (8)