[gentoo-user] Re: Mount and write ntfs (natively)

reader@×××××××.com writes:

Yikes ... looks like my literacy level is greviously low..

> First, sorry this got somewhat disjointed.
>
> I think you may have already ansered what I wanted to know but for the
> sake of clarity.
>
> The `puppy' live cd described in my quotation says it can create a
> file on ntfs and this write withing that space.  In other words it
> isn't normal read/write as we normally think of it.

That gibberish above should say:

The `Puppy' live CD described in my quotation in earlier post, says it
can create a file on ntfs and THEN write WITHIN that space.  In other
words it isn't normal read/write as we normally think of it.

> My question to you was if ntfs-g3 can read/write in a normal way to
> ntfs.  That is could one do:
>    echo data >file
>
> and then
>    rm -f file
>
> or vim file <edit> <save> in the normal way?
>
> I think you've already said you think it can.  I was unable to tell
> from the man page installed with ntfs-3g, and wanted to know for sure
> before getting myself into a bind.



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