Linux NTFS file system support / News: Recent posts

The long awaited 2.0.0 release is finally here! Highlights are that ntfsmount sports full read/write support, libntfs can read encrypted files and ntfsresize as well as all other tools support Windows Vista. Upgrade is strongly recommended.

Time for another release. Many bug fixes and enhancements so update is strongly recommended.

The long awaited release. Lots of enhancements and fixes across the board. See the changelog for details but a few notable changes are that mkntfs now creates NTFS 3.1 (Windows XP) volumes by default and that ntfsmount can deal with symbolic links and device files.

This is a quick followup to 1.12.0 which fixes the location of mkfs.ntfs and mount.ntfs-fuse to be in /sbin.

The next release ntfsprogs release is here! This has lots of enhancements and bug fixes. Notably, the FUSE module ntfsmount, now has limited support for deleting/creating files and directories as well as hardlinks.

A relatively quick followup to 1.11.1, this release fixes several bugs across the board. Upgrade is recommended. See the ChangeLog for details.

A quick followup to 1.11.0, this release fixes several bugs in ntfsmount. You only need to upgrade if you intend to use ntfsmount.

Following on the tail of the 1.10.0 release, this release fixes some important bugs so upgrade is strongly recommended. Also, a new utility is introduced (ntfsmount) which is a FUSE 2.3.0 module which allows mounting of ntfs volumes from userspace. The volumes are then accessed using functionality provided by the ntfs library (libntfs). For developers, there is also a new utility (ntfsdecrypt), built only with "make extra", which decrypts encrypted ntfs files. Note this only works on Windows/Cygwin at present
as it needs the Windows Crypto API to obtain the users private key. The goals of this project are: create a new Linux kernel driver for the NTFS file system (v1.2 and later 3.0), user space utilities (e.g. format, ntfs check, etc.) and a library to avoid code duplication and provide access to NTFS to other GPLed programs... read more

The goals of this project are: create a new Linux kernel driver for the NTFS file system (v1.2 and later 3.0), user space utilities (e.g. format, ntfs check, etc.) and a library to avoid code duplication and provide access to NTFS to other GPLed programs. With the 1.10.0 release: Lots of changes across the board. This release is really long overdue. Major features are that ntfsresize now moves data out of the way when needed and that ntfscp can resize files when writing to them. Also mkntfs now tries to create bootable ntfs volumes. For further information, please read the ChangeLog.

Thanks to Yuri Slobodyanyuk, the NTFS Frequently Asked Questions are now available in Russian. http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/info/ntfs-ru.html
If you would like to help the NTFS Project by translating the FAQ, please email me: webmaster@flatcap.org

Thanks to Eric Chang, the NTFS Frequently Asked Questions are now available in Traditional Chinese. http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/info/ntfs-zh_TW.html
If you would like to help the NTFS Project by translating the FAQ, please email me: webmaster@flatcap.org

Thanks to Marlon Bastida, the NTFS Frequently Asked Questions are now available in Brazilian Portuguese. http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/info/ntfs-pt_BR.html
If you would like to help the NTFS Project by translating the FAQ, please email me: webmaster@flatcap.org

This is really a brown paperbag release. If you use ntfsprogs on Windows
or you use ntfsclone, and you just upgraded to 1.9.3, please upgrade
immediately to 1.9.4.

After a long wait here is the next release. It includes lots of fixes and enhancements all over the place. Upgrade is hence recommended.

Thanks to Samuel Sepulveda and Quique, the NTFS Frequently Asked Questions are now available in Spanish. http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/info/ntfs-es.html
If you would like to help the NTFS Project by translating the FAQ, please email me: webmaster@flatcap.org

Thanks to Guy Godin, the NTFS Frequently Asked Questions are now available in French. http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/info/ntfs-fr.html
If you would like to help the NTFS Project by translating the FAQ, please email me: webmaster@flatcap.org

This release fixes three bugs in the decompression code and adds significant enhancements to ntfsinfo (dump by path/filename, much more detailed information). Also, many cleanups and improvements. Upgrade is strongly recommended if you are accessing compressed files.

The goals of this project are: create a new Linux kernel driver for the NTFS file system (v1.2 and later 3.0), user space utilities (e.g. format, ntfs check, etc.) and a library to avoid code duplication and provide access to NTFS to other GPLed programs. This release is a minor update featuring a mostly rewritten ntfsinfo, mkntfs now creates bootable volumes, some 64-bit architecture fixes and lots of cleanups. Update is recommended for people using 64-bit architectures.

ntfsresize now supports relocation which generally means you are able to resize to any size you like (see ChangeLog for details). Also numerous build and code cleanups and fixes are included with the result that, in addition to Linux, ntfsprogs should now build (at least "make libs") on FreeBSD, NetBSD, Windows (Cygwin), and DOS (DJGPP). Further, ntfsprogs should build on all architectures supported by SuSE and Debian Linux.

Updated release for Linux kernel 2.4.25. There have been no changes to the NTFS code.

This is basically a spring cleaning of the build process with lots of cleanups and a few bug fixes thrown in for good measure. Upgrade is not essential. The goals of this project are: create a new Linux kernel driver for the NTFS file system (v1.2 and later 3.0), user space utilities (e.g. format, ntfs check, etc.) and a library to avoid code duplication and provide access to NTFS to other GPLed programs.

Thanks to Kelvin Cheung, the NTFS Frequently Asked Questions are now available in Simplified Chinese. http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/info/ntfs-zh.html
If you would like to help the NTFS Project by translating the FAQ, please email me: webmaster@flatcap.org

Thanks to Alex Ionescu for some new info about the UsnJrnl. You can read it here: http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/ntfs/files/usnjrnl.html

This release fixes several memory leaks (mostly in directory lookup/handling code). Thanks to Christophe Grenier and valgrind for finding them. Upgrade is highly recommended. The goals of this project are: create a new Linux kernel driver for the NTFS file system (v1.2 and later 3.0), user space utilities (e.g. format, ntfs check, etc.) and a library to avoid code duplication and provide access to NTFS to other GPLed programs.

This release is updated for kernel 2.4.24 and also fixes a bug in handling compressed directories where "du" and "stat" would return random values for the directory size.