1ntfscmp(1M)             System Administration Commands             ntfscmp(1M)
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NAME

6       ntfscmp - compare two NTFS file systems and report the differences
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SYNOPSIS

9       ntfscmp [options] device1 device2
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DESCRIPTION

13       The  ntfscmp  utility compares all aspects of two NTFS file systems and
14       reports all differences it finds. The file  systems  can  be  on  block
15       devices or in image files. ntfscmp can be used for volume verification.
16       However, its primary purpose is to be an  efficient  development  tool,
17       used  to  quickly  locate,  identify,  and check the correctness of the
18       metadata changes made to NTFS.
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21       If one is interested only in the NTFS metadata changes,  it can be use‐
22       ful  to  compare  the  metadata  images created by using the --metadata
23       option of ntfsclone(1M) to eliminate the  usually  uninteresting  time‐
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27       The  terse  output  of  ntfscmp  is  intentional, because the  provided
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29       output  can be obtained by using diff(1) to compare the  verbose output
30       of ntfsinfo(1M) for each reported inode.
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OPTIONS

33       Supported options are listed below. Options have both single-letter and
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EXIT STATUS

52       The exit code is 0 on success, non-zero otherwise.
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ATTRIBUTES

55       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
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60       ┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
61       │      ATTRIBUTE TYPE         │      ATTRIBUTE VALUE        │
62       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
63       │Availability                 │SUNWntfsprogs                │
64       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
65       │Interface Stability          │Uncommitted                  │
66       └─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
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SEE ALSO

69       diff(1),   ntfscat(1M),   ntfsclone(1M),  ntfsinfo(1M),  ntfsprogs(1M),
70       parted(1M), attributes(5)
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AUTHORS

76       ntfscmp was written by Szabolcs Szakacsits.
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80SunOS 5.11                        28 May 2009                      ntfscmp(1M)
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