On Wed, 12 Oct 2016 14:19:38 +0000 (UTC), Alex Armani wrote: >Heya folks, I've a few ideas for how to make Linux better. They'd be >useful for all Linux users, but I only install 64 bit Ubuntu Studio >Releases on my GigStick {USB Hard Drive}. My first idea, is to include >a filter on the filenames when writing to Windows partitions, to >filter out any characters in the filename that will confuse Windows \ >Windows Users. Would this be easy to implement, or is it a lot more >complicated than first sounds?
How does it improve Linux? However, there are already options available. [root@moonstudio ~]# man ntfs-3g | grep -A5 Compatibility [snip] Windows Filename Compatibility NTFS supports several filename namespaces: DOS, Win32 and POSIX. While the ntfs-3g driver handles all of them, it always creates new files in the POSIX namespace for maximum portability and interoperabil- ity reasons. This means that filenames are case sensitive and all characters are allowed except '/' and '\0'. This is perfectly legal on Windows, though some application may get confused. The option win- dows_names may be used to apply Windows restrictions to new file names. [root@moonstudio ~]# man mount | grep -A12 nls nls=name New name for the option earlier called iocharset. utf8 Use UTF-8 for converting file names. uni_xlate={0|1|2} For 0 (or `no' or `false'), do not use escape sequences for unknown Unicode characters. For 1 (or `yes' or `true') or 2, use vfat-style 4-byte escape sequences starting with ":". Here 2 give a little-endian encoding and 1 a byteswapped bigendian encoding. posix=[0|1] If enabled (posix=1), the filesystem distinguishes between upper and lower case. The 8.3 alias names are presented as hard links instead of being suppressed. This option is obsolete. >Where is the best place to suggest ideas for Ubuntu Studio? Add a feature request to https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntustudio Regards, Ralf -- ubuntu-studio-users mailing list ubuntu-studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users