> On Jan 1, 2016, at 5:56 AM, tdspe...@gmail.com wrote: > > Hi All > > I am trying to create a directory on a windows drive from my macbook air with > python but get a permissions error because the windows ntfs drive is read > only - does anyone know away to overcome this issue - I have looked for a > utility but have yet to find an answer. > > Regards and Happy New Year > > Colin > > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
OS-X can read NTFS drives, but by default cannot write to them, hence the read-only mount. If you have control over that external drive you can format it (on OS-X) as ExFAT, and it can then be written to and read from by both OS-X and Windows. If the drive must be formatted NTFS, you can turn on writing via terminal commands (which works ONLY on a volume-by-volume basis) or using a third party utility. There is a pretty good summary here: http://www.cnet.com/news/how-to-manually-enable-ntfs-read-and-write-in-os-x/ -Bill -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list