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From: K T L. <li...@lx...> - 2007-06-21 01:12:39
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Hi, Is there someway I can run ntfsresize in a non-interactive manner? It seems that ntfsresize always asks for user confirmation before finally proceeding to the final step. Thanks in advance. |
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From: Yura P. <pak...@gm...> - 2007-06-21 11:22:40
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On Thu, 21 Jun 2007 at 06:57 +0530, K T Ligesh wrote:
> Is there someway I can run ntfsresize in a non-interactive manner? It
> seems that ntfsresize always asks for user confirmation before finally
> proceeding to the final step.
You can write script that parses ntfsresize output and responds
respectively. There several ntfsresize front-ends, you can look on some
of them for example.
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Best regards,
Yura
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From: K T L. <li...@lx...> - 2007-06-21 12:50:11
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On Thu, Jun 21, 2007 at 01:51:40PM +0300, Yura Pakhuchiy wrote: > On Thu, 21 Jun 2007 at 06:57 +0530, K T Ligesh wrote: > > Is there someway I can run ntfsresize in a non-interactive manner? It > > seems that ntfsresize always asks for user confirmation before finally > > proceeding to the final step. > > You can write script that parses ntfsresize output and responds > respectively. There several ntfsresize front-ends, you can look on some > of them for example. > Yes. I am using 'expect'. But it is very fragile, and it will depend on the output that ntfsresize prints, and any change means that it will not work. Genarally it becomes a bit more complex for debugging, and more chances of error, but yes, it can be done. Thanks for the response. |
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From: K T L. <li...@lx...> - 2007-06-21 13:01:35
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I hope the devs are aware that ntfs is now integrated with fedora, and also that it has become a very important because of Xen/kvm's ability to create windows virtual machines, and linux-ntfs becomes an absolute must if you need to productively use this facility. I have read somewhere that development activity for linux-ntfs had slowed down. Is there any chance of it picking up considering the new developments with Xen? Thanks a lot. |
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From: Yura P. <pak...@gm...> - 2007-06-26 22:30:48
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On Thu, 21 Jun 2007 at 18:46 +0530, K T Ligesh wrote:
> I hope the devs are aware that ntfs is now integrated with fedora, and
> also that it has become a very important because of Xen/kvm's ability
> to create windows virtual machines, and linux-ntfs becomes an absolute
> must if you need to productively use this facility. I have read
> somewhere that development activity for linux-ntfs had slowed down.
Yes, there is exist some slowdown. But things really not so bad, just
Anton and I working in cathedral style for now. I will release my work
rather soon (however this no ETA) and Anton (AFAIR) in Spring 2008.
> Is there any chance of it picking up considering the new developments
> with Xen?
I do not see why Xen developers can be interested in NTFS. This two
different projects with no code that can be shared.
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Best regards,
Yura
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From: Yura P. <pak...@gm...> - 2007-06-21 13:36:08
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On Thu, 21 Jun 2007 at 18:35 +0530, K T Ligesh wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 21, 2007 at 01:51:40PM +0300, Yura Pakhuchiy wrote:
> > On Thu, 21 Jun 2007 at 06:57 +0530, K T Ligesh wrote:
> > > Is there someway I can run ntfsresize in a non-interactive
> > > manner? It seems that ntfsresize always asks for user confirmation
> > > before finally proceeding to the final step.
> >
> > You can write script that parses ntfsresize output and responds
> > respectively. There several ntfsresize front-ends, you can look on
> > some of them for example.
>
> Yes. I am using 'expect'. But it is very fragile, and it will depend
> on the output that ntfsresize prints, and any change means that it
> will not work. Genarally it becomes a bit more complex for debugging,
> and more chances of error, but yes, it can be done.
We try to do not change ntfsresize output without REALLY good reason.
BTW, ntfsresize source have following warning in the begging:
* WARNING FOR DEVELOPERS!!! Several external tools grep for text messages
* to control execution thus if you would like to change any message
* then PLEASE think twice before doing so then don't modify it. Thanks!
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Best regards,
Yura
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From: K T L. <li...@lx...> - 2007-06-22 02:10:56
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> We try to do not change ntfsresize output without REALLY good reason. > BTW, ntfsresize source have following warning in the begging: > > * WARNING FOR DEVELOPERS!!! Several external tools grep for text messages > * to control execution thus if you would like to change any message > * then PLEASE think twice before doing so then don't modify it. Thanks! > I think you should have an option like "--i-know-what-the-heck-i-am-doing", which will not ask for confirmation. My attempts to use expect has been futile. Can you tell me the app that uses ntfsresize in the non-interactive fashion? My expect script was: --------------- spawn ntfsresize -f /dev/loop0 expect -re ".*Are you sure you want to proceed ........ " send "y\r" -------------- I used '.' instead of the actual letters, since the last few chars were all meta-characters for reguilar expressions. Searching google for "ntfsresize expect script", naturally gives me pages where 'expect' is used as a regular english word, and not the program. Thanks. |
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From: Yura P. <pak...@gm...> - 2007-06-26 22:33:26
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On Fri, 22 Jun 2007 at 07:56 +0530, K T Ligesh wrote:
> > We try to do not change ntfsresize output without REALLY good reason.
> > BTW, ntfsresize source have following warning in the begging:
> >
> > * WARNING FOR DEVELOPERS!!! Several external tools grep for text messages
> > * to control execution thus if you would like to change any message
> > * then PLEASE think twice before doing so then don't modify it. Thanks!
> >
>
> I think you should have an option like
> "--i-know-what-the-heck-i-am-doing", which will not ask for
> confirmation. My attempts to use expect has been futile. Can you tell
> me the app that uses ntfsresize in the non-interactive fashion?
AFAIR gparted, qparted and disk partitioning tools in distro installers.
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Best regards,
Yura
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