.\" -*- nroff -*-
.\" Copyright (c) 2004 Yura Pakhuchiy. All Rights Reserved.
.\" This file may be copied under the terms of the GNU Public License.
.\"
.TH NTFSCP 8 "October 2004" "ntfsprogs version @VERSION@"
.SH NAME
ntfscp \- overwrite file on an NTFS volume.
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B ntfscp
[
.I options
]
.B device src_file dest_file
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B ntfscp
will overwrite file on an NTFS volume. At present
.B ntfscp
can't create new files.
.SH OPTIONS
Below is a summary of all the options that
.B ntfscp
accepts.  All options have two equivalent names.  The short name is preceded by
.BR \-
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.
.BR \-fv
is equivalent to
.BR "\-f \-v" .
Long named options can be abbreviated to any unique prefix of their name.
.TP
.BI "\-a, \-\-attribute " number
Write to this attribute.
.TP
.B \-i, \-\-inode
Treat
.I dest_file
as inode number.
.TP
.BI "\-N, \-\-attr-name " name
Write to attribute with this name.
.TP
.B -n, --no-action
Use this option to make a test run before doing the real copy operation.
Volume will be opened read-only and no write will be done.
.TP
.B \-f, \-\-force
This will override some sensible defaults, such as not working with a mounted
volume.  Use this option with caution.
.TP
.B \-h, \-\-help
Show a list of options with a brief description of each one.
.TP
.B \-q, \-\-quiet
Suppress some debug/warning/error messages.
.TP
.B \-V, \-\-version
Show the version number, copyright and license
.BR ntfscp .
.TP
.B \-v, \-\-vebose
Display more debug/warning/error messages.
.SH EXAMPLES
Copy boot.ini from /home/user to the root of an /dev/hda1 NTFS volume:
.RS
.sp
.B ntfscp /dev/hda1 /home/user/boot.ini boot.ini
.sp
.RE
Copy myfile to C:\\some\\path\\file:stream (assume that /dev/hda1 letter in windows is C):
.RS
.sp
.B ntfscp -N stream /dev/hda1 myfile /some/path/file
.SH BUGS
No bugs are known at present. If you find any bugs, please send an email to
.nh
<linux-ntfs-dev@lists.sourceforge.net>.
.hy
.SH AUTHOR
.B ntfscp
was written by Yura Pakhuchiy.
.B ntfscp
and this manual page is based on
.B ntfscat
and it's manaul page by Richard Russon, so many thanks to him.
.SH AVAILABILITY
.B ntfscp
is part of the ntfsprogs package and is available from
.br
.nh
http://linux\-ntfs.sourceforge.net/downloads.html.
.hy
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR ntfsprogs (8)