Parted - GNU Partition Editor [PSARC/2009/145 FastTrack timeout 03/06/2009]

[Mark Phalan]

On Mon, 2009-03-02 at 14:38 -0800, Phi Tran wrote:

...
> 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.
...
> 
> 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)


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.

-M