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NTFSPROGS(8)                                                      NTFSPROGS(8)



NAME
       libntfs-gnomevfs  -  Module  for  GNOME  VFS that allows access to NTFS
       filesystems.

OVERVIEW
       The GNOME virtual filesystem (VFS) provides universal access to differ-
       ent  filesystems.   The libntfs-gnomevfs module enables GNOME VFS aware
       clients to seamlessly utilize the NTFS library libntfs.

       So you can access an NTFS filesystem without needing to  use  the  NTFS
       utilities  themselves (at least in theory anyway).  In practice this is
       probably more useful for programs and programmers to make using libntfs
       easier, more generic, and to allow easier debugging of libntfs.


Examples
   Prerequisites
       To be able to follow these examples you will need to have installed the
       test utilities from the gnome-vfs-2.4.x package.  The easiest way to do
       this  is to download and compile the gnome-vfs-2 package, e.g. download
       from:

       http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/desktop/2.4/2.4.0/sources/gnome-
       vfs-2.4.0.tar.gz

       Then run ./configure followed by make and make install (as root).  This
       will install it into /usr/local so it should  not  conflict  with  your
       existing installation from rpm or deb packages which will be in /usr.

       Note  you  may  also  need to add /usr/local/lib to /etc/ld.so.conf and
       then run ldconfig (as root) to let your system see the installed gnome-
       vfs-2.4.x libraries.

       Then run ./configure followed by make and make install (as root) in the
       main ntfsprogs directory to build and install the libntfs-gnomevfs mod-
       ule and libntfs library which is used by the module.


   Copying a file from an NTFS partition
       To copy the file autoexec.bat from the main directory of an NTFS parti-
       tion (/dev/hda1) to the /tmp directory on your system you could run:

       /path/to/gnome-vfs-2.4.x/test/test-xfer           file:///dev/hda1#lib-
       ntfs:/autoexec.bat /tmp/autoexec.bat

       To  copy  a  file  from a directory inside the NTFS partition you would
       just specify the full path.  So for example to copy  the  file  win.ini
       from the Windows directory you would run:

       /path/to/gnome-vfs-2.4.x/test/test-xfer  file:///dev/hda1#libntfs:/Win-
       dows/win.ini /tmp/win.ini


   Shell access to an NTFS partition
       For debugging it is most useful to be able to do various things to  the
       NTFS  partition  while  it  is being operated upon by libntfs.  This is
       achieved using the test-shell utility (from the  gnome-vfs-2.4.x  pack-
       age) by running: /path/to/gnome-vfs-2.4.x/test/test-shell

       This  drops you into the GNOME VFS shell from where you can now cd into
       the NTFS partition (/dev/hda1) by typing: cd file:///dev/hda1#libntfs:/

       You  are  now  in  the root directory of the NTFS partition.  The first
       thing you will probably want to do is  to  type  "ls"  to  display  the
       directory contents.

       You could then change directories using the "cd" command, e.g. to enter
       the Windows directory you would type: cd Windows

       You can then open files, seek inside files, read from files  (write  is
       not enabled at present), etc thus exercising large portions of the NTFS
       library.

       Use the "help" command while in the shell to  see  the  available  com-
       mands.


BUGS
       No bugs are known but there are several limitations at the moment:

       You cannot get information about files other than what the "ls" command
       in the test-shell can give you, i.e. the "info" command  in  the  test-
       shell does not work.

       Further access to the partition is read-only and hence you cannot write
       to files.  This will be changed in the future once the module  has  had
       more wide testing.

       There  may  be  other limitations and possibly bugs.  Please report any
       problems to the NTFS mailing list: linux-ntfs-dev@lists.sourceforge.net


AUTHORS
       The  libntfs-gnomevfs  module  was written by Jan Kratochvil.  This man
       page was written by Anton Altaparmakov.


AVAILABILITY
       The ntfsprogs package which contains the libntfs-gnomevfs module can be
       downloaded  from  http://www.linux-ntfs.org/content/view/19/37/   These
       manual pages can be  viewed  online  at  http://man.linux-ntfs.org/ntf-
       sprogs.8.html


SEE ALSO
       ntfsprogs(8)




Linux-NTFS version 1.13.1        November 2003                    NTFSPROGS(8)

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