[aklug] Re: ntfs-3g: NTFS != Windows

From: barsalou <barjunk@attglobal.net>
Date: Tue Jan 15 2013 - 13:26:32 AKST

Royce,

Besides the gotcha's below, anything else?

Have your experiences been positive outside this issue?

Mike B.

Quoting Royce Williams <royce@tycho.org>:

> Lazy, so just pasting in some tweets. Learning this the hard way was
> a big, nasty surprise. Tuxera claims that their goal is "Windows
> interoperability", but in their support forums, they defend this
> default as "Hey, we're adhering to the NTFS spec, and Microsoft
> isn't." While I respect the technical accuracy of the stance, that's
> not what interoperability is about.
>
> Tweets tell the story:
>
> 1. w/o 'windows_names' mount option, ntfs-3g allows ':' in filenames,
> which Windows chkdsk will delete as invalid. Ugly.
>
> 2. @tuxeraUSA Please consider making the 'windows_names' mount option
> the default for ntfs-3g. Not doing so violates POLA.
>
> 3. @tuxeraUSA IOW, "Why can't I create files w/colons?" a better
> default user experience than "Why did chkdsk delete my files?"
>
> 4. Common filenames w/colons include email files w/subject lines (Re:,
> FW:, etc.) and Maildir files. Also, glad I had backups.
>
>
> Royce
>
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