> On Wed, 12 Mar 2008, Szabolcs Szakacsits wrote:
> 
> > Sorry but I meant to create the files on Linux. What you have found is 
> > the expected, correct behaviour in the WIN32 namespace and documented for 
> > instance here:
> > 
> >   http://www.reddragonfly.org/ntfs/concepts/filename_namespace.html
> > 
> > I expect CHKDSK not to warn when the files are created on Linux, i.e. we 
> > don't have the submitted problem. 
> 
> I tried and CHKDSK has no problem with these file names. 

I wonder how you know that CHKDSK has no bugs itself? Considering the
implications, I believe this is more likely than a kernel bug.

> Btw, what I have meant under "submitted problem" was NTFS compatibility 
> (NTFS does no Unicode normalization). I'm aware Microsoft has also Unicode 
> problems (hint: search Microsoft employees' blogs). If they can't read a 
> valid POSIX filename what CHKDSK accepts then they should fix their 
> software.

By fixing CHKDSK? It may be a good idea. I'll get on that end too.

I believe it's a CHKDSK problem because the file system space occupied
by such files can't be reclaimed from within NT except by reformatting
the partition.

-- Barry

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