1NTFSCLUSTER(8) System Manager's Manual NTFSCLUSTER(8)
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6 ntfscluster - identify files in a specified region of an NTFS volume.
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9 ntfscluster [options] device
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12 ntfscluster has three modes of operation: info, sector and cluster.
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15 The default mode, info is currently not implemented. It will display
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19 The sector mode will display a list of files that have data in the
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23 The cluster mode will display a list of files that have data in the
24 specified range of clusters. When the cluster size is one sector, this
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28 Below is a summary of all the options that ntfscluster accepts. Nearly
29 all options have two equivalent names. The short name is preceded by -
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32 -fv is equivalent to -f -v. Long named options can be abbreviated to
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35 -c, --cluster RANGE
36 Any files whose data is in this range of clusters will be dis‐
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40 Show information about this file.
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47 Show a list of options with a brief description of each one.
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56 Reduce the amount of output to a minimum. Naturally, it doesn't
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64 Increase the amount of output that ntfscluster prints.
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67 Show the version number, copyright and license for ntfscluster.
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70 Get some information about the volume /dev/hda1.
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74 Look for files in the first 500 clusters of /dev/hda1.
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81 it has no known bugs. If you find a bug please send an email describ‐
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86 ntfscluster was written by Richard Russon, with contributions from An‐
87 ton Altaparmakov. It was ported to ntfs-3g by Erik Larsson.
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90 ntfscluster is part of the ntfs-3g package and is available from:
91 http://www.tuxera.com/community/
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