The ntfs-3g.probe utility tests a volume if it's NTFS mountable
read-only or read-write, and exits with a status value accordingly.
The volume can be a block device or image file.
OPTIONS
Below is a summary of the options that ntfs-3g.probe accepts.
-r, --readonly
Test if the volume can be mounted read-only.
-w, --readwrite
Test if the volume can be mounted read-write.
-h, --help
Display help and exit.
EXAMPLE
Test if /dev/sda1 can be mounted read-write:
ntfs-3g.probe --readwrite /dev/sda1
EXIT CODES
The exit codes are as follows:
0
Volume is mountable.
11
Syntax error, command line parsing failed.
12
The volume doesn't have a valid NTFS.
13
Inconsistent NTFS, hardware or device driver fault, or unsetup
SoftRAID/FakeRAID hardware.
14
The NTFS partition is hibernated.
15
The volume was not cleanly unmounted.
16
The volume is already exclusively opened and in use by a kernel
driver or software.
for common questions and known issues.
If you think you have found an undocumented problem in the latest release of
the software then please post an ntfs-3g issue describing it in detail
so that the development team can be aware of the issue and take care of it: