Ntfsprogs was a collection of free Unix utilities for managing the NTFS file system used by the Windows NT operating system (since version 3.1) on a hard disk partition. 'ntfsprogs' was the first stable method of writing to NTFS partitions in Linux.[1]
| Final release | 2.0.0
/ September 29, 2007 |
|---|---|
| Written in | C |
| Operating system | Unix-like |
| Successor | NTFS-3G |
| Type | File system utilities |
| License | GNU GPL |
| Website | www.linux-ntfs.org/doku.php?id=ntfsprogs at the Wayback Machine (archived May 22, 2008) |
All NTFS versions were supported, as used by 32-bit and 64-bit Windows. ntfsprogs was a popular way of interacting with NTFS partitions and was included by most Linux distributions[2] and on Live CDs. There are also versions that have been compiled for Windows.
On April 12, 2011 Tuxera announced that Ntfsprogs project was merged into NTFS-3G.[3]
See also
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References
edit- ^ Shilliday, Barry (2007-04-17). "Running Other Operating Systems alongside Linux". Personal Computer World. Retrieved 2008-05-29.
- ^ Mathes, Steven (2007-02-01). "The Interoperability Power of Linux-NTFS Tools". Linux Journal. Retrieved 2008-05-29.
- ^ Stable NTFS-3G + NTFSPROGS 2011.4.12
- Shilliday, Barry (2006-12-06). "It's All Write Now: NTFS Filesystem under Linux". Personal Computer World. Retrieved 2008-05-29.
- Smith, Roderick (2008-03-30). "Communicating with the Other Half: NTFS Support in Linux". Linux Magazine. Archived from the original on April 10, 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-29.
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External links
edit- ntfsprogs homepage at the Wayback Machine (archived May 22, 2008)
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