NTFS.UTIL(8) System Manager's Manual NTFS.UTIL(8)

ntfs.util — NTFS file system utility

ntfs.util -k device


ntfs.util -m device mountpoint mountflag1 mountflag2 mountflag3 mountflag4


ntfs.util -p device mountflag1 mountflag2


ntfs.util -u device mountpoint

The ntfs.util command supports the mounting, probing, and unmounting of NTFS file systems.

Options:

Get the UUID key for the NTFS file system at device.
Mount the NTFS file system located on device onto mountpoint with the flags mountflag1 mountflag2 mountflag3 mountflag4.
Probe the device for an NTFS file system using the flags mountflag1 mountflag2. If the probe is successful, i.e. the device contains a valid NTFS file system, its label is printed to the standard output stream.
Unmount the NTFS file system located at device and mounted on mountpoint.

The mountflags referenced above are:

diskarbitrationd(8) mount_ntfs(8)

This NTFS implementation first appeared in Mac OS X 10.5.

This NTFS implementation was written by Anton Altaparmakov ⟨aia21@cantab.net⟩.

October 22, 2006 Mac OS X