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