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NTFS would be the easiest option, unless you need exFAT for portability reasons like Apple. If you need to use exFAT, you should determine the usual file size of your files and select a suitable block size for the file system. UPDATE: I just read this is a USB flash drive? is this a encrypted partition/drive or a file container? if encrypted partition/drive use exFAT if it's a file container you may try NTFS but exFAT may be here the better option too.

NTFS would be the easiest option, unless you need exFAT for portability reasons like Apple. If you need to use exFAT, you should determine the usual file size of your files and select a suitable block size for the file system.

this seems to be a typical file system block size issue. The exFAT filesystem might probably use a block size of 128KB. This means, the filesystem will allocate at least 128KB for each file on this filesystem. NTFS uses a default block size of 4KB. The default block size for exFAT depends on the size of the volume, see Default cluster size for NTFS, FAT, and exFAT. A file with a filesize of 2048 bytes will use 128KB diskspace on exFAT but only 4KB on a NTFS filesystem. You may want to reformat the...

this seems to be a typical file system block size issue. The exFAT filesystem might probably use a block size of 128KB. This means, the filesystem will allocate at least 128KB for every file on this filesystem. NTFS uses a default block size of 4KB. The default block size for exFAT depends on the size of the volume, see Default cluster size for NTFS, FAT, and exFAT. A file with a filesize of 2048 bytes will use 128KB diskspace on exFAT but only 4KB on a NTFS filesystem. You may want to reformat the...

Windows and Linux support disk images. There is really no need to have Veracrypt support non encrypted containers. https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/138380-create-set-up-new-vhd-vhdx-file-windows-10-a.html https://www.linuxandubuntu.com/home/creating-virtual-disks-using-linux-command-line I guess MacOS can do the same.

This is a good example of over-engineering. Something similar can already be implemented with cli commands. Write a shell script and encrypt it with another program, or put it in a small Veracrypt container that you must first manually mount with another strong password. https://www.veracrypt.fr/en/Command%20Line%20Usage.html

This is a good example of over-engineering. Something similar can already be implemented with cli commands. Write a shell script and encrypt it with another program, or put it in a small Veracrypt container that you must first manually mount with another stronmg password. https://www.veracrypt.fr/en/Command%20Line%20Usage.html