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.\" Copyright (c) 2005\-2006 Szabolcs Szakacsits.
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.\" This file may be copied under the terms of the GNU Public License.
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.\"
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.TH NTFSCMP 8 "April 2006" "ntfs-3g @VERSION@"
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.SH NAME
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ntfscmp \- compare two NTFS filesystems and tell the differences
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B ntfscmp
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[\fIOPTIONS\fR]
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.I DEVICE1
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.I DEVICE2
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.br
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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The
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.B ntfscmp
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program makes a comparison between two NTFS filesystems from all aspects and
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reports all variances it finds.
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The filesystems can be on block devices or images files. Ntfscmp can be used
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for volume verification however its primary purpose was to be an efficient
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development tool, used to quickly locate, identify and check the correctness
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of the metadata changes made to NTFS.
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If one is interested only in the NTFS metadata changes then it could be useful
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to compare the metadata images created by
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using the --metadata option of
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.BR ntfsclone (8)
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to eliminate the usually uninteresting timestamp changes.
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The terse output of
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.B ntfscmp
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is intentional because the provided information is enough in each case
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to determine the exact differences. This can be achieved, for instance,
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if one compares the verbose outputs of
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.BR ntfsinfo (8)
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for each reported inodes by the
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.BR diff (1)
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utility.
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.SH OPTIONS
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Below is a summary of the options that
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.B ntfscmp
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accepts.
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.TP
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\fB\-P\fR, \fB\-\-no\-progress\-bar\fR
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Don't show progress bars.
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.TP
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\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
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More informational output.
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.TP
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\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
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Display help and exit.
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.SH EXIT CODES
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The exit code is 0 on success, non\-zero otherwise.
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.SH KNOWN ISSUES
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No problem is known. If you would find otherwise then please send
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your report to the development team:
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.nh
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ntfs\-3g\-devel@lists.sf.net
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.hy
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.SH AUTHOR
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.B ntfscmp
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2011-03-27 20:29:48 +08:00
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was written by Szabolcs Szakacsits.
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It was ported to ntfs-3g by Erik Larsson.
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.SH AVAILABILITY
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.B ntfscmp
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is part of the
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.B ntfs-3g
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package and is available from:
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.br
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.nh
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http://www.tuxera.com/community/
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.hy
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.BR ntfsinfo (8),
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.BR ntfscat (8),
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.BR diff (1),
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.BR ntfsclone (8),
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.BR ntfsprogs (8)
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