Mark Phalan wrote:
> On Mon, 2009-03-02 at 14:38 -0800, Phi Tran wrote:
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>> 4.2.3. ntfsprogs
>>
>> Parted uses ntfsprogs [3] to resize, create or delete NTFS disk
>> partitions and filesystems. ntfsprogs [3] is a collection of
>> command-line utilities, one utility for each operation, e.g.
>> ntfsresize and mkntfs.
>>
>> ntfsprogs required very few changes to port to Solaris.
>>
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>> 4.3. Interfaces Exported
>>
>> Interface Name Classification Comments
>> --------------- -------------- -----------------
>> SUNWparted Committed Package name
>> (Phase 1)
>> /usr/share/man/man8/parted.8 Volatile Manual page (Phase
>> 1)
>> /usr/bin/parted Volatile Parted launcher
>> shell script (Phase 1)
>> /usr/lib/parted/parted Volatile Parted application
>> (Phase 1)
>> /usr/lib/parted/mkntfs Volatile ntfsprogs
>> application (Phase 1)
>> /usr/lib/parted/ntfsresize Volatile ntfsprogs
>> application (Phase 1)
>> /usr/lib/parted/ntfsfix Volatile ntfsprogs
>> application (Phase 1)
>> /usr/lib/parted/ntfsclone Volatile ntfsprogs
>> application (Phase 1)
>>
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>
> Was there any consideration given to delivering ntfsprogs as public
> utilities (rather than project private)?
> I see that a limited sub-set of ntfsprogs is being delivered, no doubt
> because thats the sub-set that gparted uses, but if ntfsprogs were to be
> delivered in /usr/[s]bin it would be great to see the other utilities
> included (ntfscp, ntfsls, ntfscat ...). I expect the demand for
> user-accessible ntfsprogs will increase once ntfs-3g is delivered.
>
I think such utilities might be useful, but its not this project.
-- Garrett
> -M
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