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NTFSCP(8)							     NTFSCP(8)

NAME
       ntfscp - overwrite file on an NTFS volume.

SYNOPSIS
       ntfscp [options] device source_file destination

DESCRIPTION
       ntfscp  will  overwrite file on an NTFS volume. At present ntfscp can't
       create new files.  destination can be either file or directory. In case
       if  destination	is  directory  specified  by  name then source_file is
       copied into this directory, in case if  destination  is	directory  and
       specified  by  inode  number then unnamed data attribute is created for
       this inode and source_file is copied into it (WARNING: it's unusual  to
       have unnamed data streams in the directories, think twice before speci‐
       fying directory by inode number).

OPTIONS
       Below is a summary of all the options that ntfscp accepts.  Nearly  all
       options have two equivalent names.  The short name is preceded by - and
       the long name is preceded by --.	 Any single letter options, that don't
       take  an	 argument, can be combined into a single command, e.g.	-fv is
       equivalent to -f -v.  Long named options	 can  be  abbreviated  to  any
       unique prefix of their name.

       -a, --attribute NUM
	      Write to this attribute.

       -i, --inode
	      Treat destination as inode number.

       -N, --attr-name NAME
	      Write to attribute with this name.

       -n, --no-action
	      Use  this	 option	 to make a test run before doing the real copy
	      operation.  Volume will be opened read-only and no write will be
	      done.

       -f, --force
	      This  will  override some sensible defaults, such as not working
	      with a mounted volume.  Use this option with caution.

       -h, --help
	      Show a list of options with a brief description of each one.

       -q, --quiet
	      Suppress some debug/warning/error messages.

       -V, --version
	      Show the version number, copyright and license ntfscp.

       -v, --verbose
	      Display more debug/warning/error messages.

DATA STREAMS
       All data on NTFS is stored in streams, which can have names. A file can
       have more than one data streams, but exactly one must have no name. The
       size of a file is the size of its unnamed data stream. Usually when you
       don't specify stream name you are access to unnamed data stream. If you
       want access to named data stream you need to add ":stream_name" to  the
       filename.  For  example:	 by  opening  "some.mp3:artist"	 you will open
       stream "artist" in "some.mp3". But windows  usually  prevent  you  from
       accessing  to  named data streams, so you need to use some program like
       FAR or utils from cygwin to access named data streams.

EXAMPLES
       Copy new_boot.ini from  /home/user  as  boot.ini	 to  the  root	of  an
       /dev/hda1 NTFS volume:

	      ntfscp /dev/hda1 /home/user/new_boot.ini boot.ini

       Copy myfile to C:\some\path\myfile:stream (assume that /dev/hda1 letter
       in windows is C):

	      ntfscp -N stream /dev/hda1 myfile /some/path

BUGS
       There are no known problems with ntfscp.	 If you find a bug please send
       an email describing the problem to the development team:
       linux-ntfs-dev@lists.sourceforge.net

AUTHORS
       ntfscp was written by Yura Pakhuchiy, with contributions from Anton Al‐
       taparmakov.

DEDICATION
       With love to Marina Sapego.

AVAILABILITY
       ntfscp is part of the ntfsprogs package and is available from:
       http://www.linux-ntfs.org/content/view/19/37

       The manual pages are available online at:
       http://man.linux-ntfs.org/

SEE ALSO
       ntfsprogs(8)

ntfsprogs 1.13.1		 November 2005			     NTFSCP(8)
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