Andrew Sayers <andrew-ubuntu-devel <at> pileofstuff.org> writes:
> Since there wasn't an NTFS expert available during the conversation, NTFS is pretty well known and documented, especially filename handling. Windows also do allow the creation of such filenames but it's not so widely known how to do it. When most Windows applications try to read such filenmes then they get just as confused as if the files were created on Linux (google for Windows SFU). It's also documented at http://ntfs-3g.org/support.html#posixfilenames2 ------------------------------------------------------------------> Why does the driver allow special characters in the filenames? NTFS supports several filename namespaces at the same time: DOS, Win32 and POSIX. While the NTFS-3G driver handles all of them, it always creates new files in the POSIX namespace for maximum portability and interoperability reasons. This means that filenames are case sensitive and all characters are allowed except '/' and '\0'. This is perfectly legal on Windows, though some application may get confused. If you find so then please report it to the developer of the relevant Windows software. Workaround: If case insensitivity handling and/or restriction of special character usage is desirable then you may export the NTFS volume via Samba which supports this functionality the same way as it does for other POSIX file systems. Status: Not NTFS-3G problem. <----------------------------------------------------------------- Regards, Szaka NTFS-3G: http://ntfs-3g.org -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
