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

[Garrett D'Amore]

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
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