1NTFSCP(8) System Manager's Manual NTFSCP(8)
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6 ntfscp - copy file to an NTFS volume.
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9 ntfscp [options] device source_file destination
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12 ntfscp will copy file to an NTFS volume. destination can be either file
13 or directory. In case if destination is directory specified by name
14 then source_file is copied into this directory, in case if destination
15 is directory and specified by inode number then unnamed data attribute
16 is created for this inode and source_file is copied into it (WARNING:
17 it's unusual to have unnamed data streams in the directories, think
18 twice before specifying directory by inode number).
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21 Below is a summary of all the options that ntfscp accepts. Nearly all
22 options have two equivalent names. The short name is preceded by - and
23 the long name is preceded by --. Any single letter options, that don't
24 take an argument, can be combined into a single command, e.g. -fv is
25 equivalent to -f -v. Long named options can be abbreviated to any
26 unique prefix of their name.
27 -a, --attribute NUM
29 Write to this attribute.
30 -i, --inode
32 Treat destination as inode number.
33 -m, --min-fragments
35 Minimize fragmentation when allocating space to the attribute.
36 This is mostly useful when creating big files.
37 -N, --attr-name NAME
39 Write to attribute with this name.
40 -n, --no-action
42 Use this option to make a test run before doing the real copy
43 operation. Volume will be opened read-only and no write will be
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45 -f, --force
47 This will override some sensible defaults, such as not working
48 with a mounted volume. Use this option with caution.
49 -h, --help
51 Show a list of options with a brief description of each one.
52 -q, --quiet
54 Suppress some debug/warning/error messages.
55 -t, --timestamp
57 Copy the modification time of source_file to destination. This
58 is not compatible with --attr-name and --attribute.
59 -V, --version
61 Show the version number, copyright and license ntfscp.
62 -v, --verbose
64 Display more debug/warning/error messages.
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67 All data on NTFS is stored in streams, which can have names. A file can
68 have more than one data streams, but exactly one must have no name. The
69 size of a file is the size of its unnamed data stream. Usually when you
70 don't specify stream name you are access to unnamed data stream. If you
71 want access to named data stream you need to add ":stream_name" to the
72 filename. For example: by opening "some.mp3:artist" you will open
73 stream "artist" in "some.mp3". But windows usually prevent you from ac‐
74 cessing to named data streams, so you need to use some program like FAR
75 or utils from cygwin to access named data streams.
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78 Copy new_boot.ini from /home/user as boot.ini to the root of an
79 /dev/hda1 NTFS volume:
80 ntfscp /dev/hda1 /home/user/new_boot.ini boot.ini
82 Copy myfile to C:\some\path\myfile:stream (assume that /dev/hda1 letter
84 in windows is C):
85 ntfscp -N stream /dev/hda1 myfile /some/path
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90 There are no known problems with ntfscp. If you find a bug please send
91 an email describing the problem to the development team:
92 ntfs-3g-devel@lists.sf.net
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95 ntfscp was written by Yura Pakhuchiy, with contributions from Anton Al‐
96 taparmakov and Hil Liao. It was ported to ntfs-3g by Erik Larsson.
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99 With love to Marina Sapego.
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102 ntfscp is part of the ntfs-3g package and is available from:
103 https://github.com/tuxera/ntfs-3g
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107ntfs-3g 2022.10.3 September 2007 NTFSCP(8)