On 31/08/2016 01:06, Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2016-08-30, Neil Bothwick <n...@digimed.co.uk> wrote: >> On Tue, 30 Aug 2016 20:42:05 +0000 (UTC), Grant Edwards wrote: >> >>>> And why use exfat if you use linux? It is just not needed at all. >>> >>> I agree. If you want to transport something between Linux systems, >>> use ext2/3 and use "mount" options to handle the permission issues. >> >> You can't control ownership and permissions of existing files with mount >> options on a Linux filesystem. See man mount. > > Oops, you're right. I guess the options I was thinking of don't work > for ext2/3. They do work for fat, cifs, hfs, hpfs, ntfs, iso9660, and > various others. > > I very rarely put a writable filesystem on a USB flash drive. I treat > them either as a CD/DVD for installation ISO images, or I use them as > "tapes" and just tar stuff to/from them. > > I do make a point of using consistent UID/GID values across multiple > installations, so on the rare occasions I do put a writable filesystem > on a flash drive, it "just works". >
Something intrigues me about this thread: If the file in question is so valuable and expensive, why don't you make another copy of the original onto a new USB stick? -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
