We are happy to announce the next stable release of NTFS-3G and ntfsprogs.

The source code is available at

git clone git://ntfs-3g.git.sourceforge.net/gitroot/ntfs-3g/ntfs-3g

The package contains the following improvements, changes and fixes:

• ntfs-3g: fixed device path canonicalization for use by devmapper
• ntfs-3g: fixed setting DOS names when defined with lower-case chars
• ntfs-3g: fixed attribute flags controlling recursive writes
• ntfs-3g: fixed compilation on OpenIndiana
• ntfs-3g: fixed options parsing on OSes with no extended attributes
• ntfs-3g: fixed relatime as a default mount option
• ntfs-3g: fixed endless recursion when MFT extents are described by themselves
• ntfs-3g: fixed the description of inherit option
• ntfs-3g: fixed overwriting a truncated file
• ntfs-3g: fixed truncation of DOS file names (12 ntfschars, not 12 utf8 chars)
• ntfs-3g: fixed the setting of attributes by secaudit (index not synced)
• ntfs-3g: faster compression
• ntfs-3g: new option delay_mtime to delay updates of mtime+ctime
• ntfsfix: new option -d to clear the dirty flag if fix is successful
• ntfsfix: fixed volume dirty flag test
• ntfsfix: new option to clear the list of bad sectors
• ntfsfix: fixed compilation on Sparc
• ntfsfix: fixed a bug causing a segmentation violation
• ntfsfix: repair self-located MFT data bug
• ntfscp: fix free space calculation
• ntfscp: support compression
• ntfsresize: implemented expanding runlists
• ntfsresize: updated the description of the -f option
• ntfsresize: expand an NTFS volume downwards
• ntfsclone: backup bootsector not be to accounted for
• ntfsclone: creating/restoring a metadata image
• ntfsundelete: try to recover the file name when undeleting
• ntfsundelete: use inode number to name unnamed files
• ntfswipe: Big endian and other fixes
• secaudit: prefixed owner and group SID in ACL display
• library: fixed big cluster support using 4kB sector disk
• library: fixed huge data writes
• library: use transparent compression by default
• library: fixed several bad returns in error conditions
• library: enabled getting the sector size on FreeBSD and MacOSX
• build: fixed “make libs” to only build libraries

The stable release is available at

http://www.tuxera.com/community/ntfs-3g-download/

Many thanks to Jean-Pierre Andre, Erik Larsson and many other contributors!

Tuxera Open Source Team

We are happy to announce the stable, merged release of ntfsprogs and NTFS-3G.

The merged codebase will help to avoid duplicated maintenance of the large, complex NTFS codebase, so development can focus on enhanced unctionality,
reliability, and interoperability in the future.

Several alternatives have been considered how to organize the code (library, tools, driver). The preferred solution is the simplest way which is one large package, like Samba. So, there will be need to install only one NTFS package (ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs), not two (ntfsprogs, ntfs-3g).

The code and status is available at

git clone git://ntfs-3g.git.sourceforge.net/gitroot/ntfs-3g/ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs

The new package is a compatible, drop-in replacement for both ntfs-3g and ntfsprogs.

The package contains the following improvements, changes and fixes:

• ntfs-3g: fixed possible wrong hole size when overwriting compressed data.
• ntfs-3g: fixed listxattr() to environments with extended attributes.
• ntfs-3g: fixed ENOSPC when making an index non-resident.
• ntfs-3g: fixed partial mapping ahead of mapped runlist.
• ntfs-3g: enabled forensic mounting (currently same as read-only).
• ntfs-3g: expand an attribute without creating a hole.
• ntfs-3g: improved appending data to a long hole.
• ntfs-3g: deny direct modifications to metadata files.
• ntfs-3g: option ‘acl’ to request the use of Posix ACLs.
• ntfsclone: fixed reading old big-endian ntfsclone images.
• ntfsclone: avoided writing beyond allocated variable.
• ntfsclone: close volume and cleanup when exiting.
• ntfsclone: new option not to clear the timestamps.
• ntfsclone: sync created image before remounting.
• ntfsclone: use a stream to produce aligned writes during image creation.
• ntfsinfo: display times in UTC.
• mkntfs: don’t store full bitmap and logfile in memory.
• mkntfs: set a volume UUID if option -U.
• mkntfs: fixed $MFT allocated size.
• mkntfs: fixed allocated size of resident unnamed data.
• ntfsfix: new option -n for no action.
• ntfsfix: try alternate boot sector if cannot start up.
• ntfsfix: check and fix the upcase table.
• ntfsfix: try to fix file systems with incorrect size.
• ntfsundelete: fixed a segfault.
• ntfsresize: new option –info-mb-only.
• ntfsresize: new option –check.

The release candidate is available at

http://www.tuxera.com/community/ntfs-3g-download/

Many thanks to Jean-Pierre Andre and Erik Larsson to make this happen!

Tuxera Open Source Team

The new stable NTFS-3G release contains the following improvements, changes and fixes:

• New: implemented fsync() and fsyncdir().
• New: implemented the ‘sync’ mount option.
• New: sanity check upcase table.
• New: added a big-endian extended attribute name for attrib and times.
• New: added an extended attribute name for creation time.
• New: enable renaming of system extended attributes.
• Change: improved appending data to fragmented files.
• Change: improved rebuilding a runlist.
• Change: improved comparing filename on big-endian CPUs.
• Fixed stat(2) for system files with no data.
• Fixed alignment on cached structures.
• Fixed Posix ACLs for big-endian CPUs.
• Fixed deleting files using ignore_case option.
• Fixed allocated size when an attribute update causes unnamed data to be expelled.

The latest release of the software is available at http://www.tuxera.com/

Enjoy!

Tuxera Open Source Team

This time Tuxera has record number of software releases! The topics:

• Stable NTFS-3G 2010.5.22
• NTFS-3G 2010.6.31-RC Release Candidate
• NTFS-3G for Mac 2010.5.22
• Tuxera NTFS for Mac 2010.6-RC Release Candidate

The stable NTFS-3G 2010.5.22 release is a minor update which addresses creating the missing usermap and secaudit utilities.

The software is available at

http://www.tuxera.com/community/ntfs-3g-download/

The new NTFS-3G 2010.6.31-RC release candidate contains exciting, major improvements, and the below changes and fixes:

• New: Full, transparent, read-write compression support.
• New: Two new mount options: compression and nocompression (default).
• New: Introduced windows_names mount option to enforce only Windows names.
• Change: Re-enabled compression in root directory.
• Change: Reversed default for showing/hiding hidden files.
• Change: Redefined default user mapping.
• Change: Marked files whose name has a dot initial as “hidden” if option hide_dot_files is used.
• Change: Renamed option default_permissions to permissions.
• Fixed use of utimensat() with external fuse older than 2.8.
• Fixed a hang when reading a corrupt compressed file.
• Fixed a possible crash when creating a stream.
• Fixed all reported and found compressed write related bugs.

Download it from the below web page

http://www.tuxera.com/community/ntfs-3g-download/

The long awaited NTFS-3G for Mac 2010.5.22 is also here. Changes since the last release:

• Everything which is included in stable NTFS-3G 2010.5.22.
• Fix: NTFS-3G for Mac could “hijack” non-NTFS volumes in extremely rare cases, leaving them unmountable until NTFS-3g for Mac was disabled.
• Fix: The NTFS-3G for Mac preference pane will no longer leave zombie processes behind.

For more information please see

http://macntfs-3g.blogspot.com/2010/06/ntfs-3g-for-mac-os-x-2010522.html

The latest release candidate of Tuxera NTFS for Mac, our high-performance commercial NTFS driver is out as well.

Changes since Tuxera NTFS for Mac 2010.1:

• Extended attribute support. Tuxera NTFS for Mac now supports storing Mac streams such as Finder information and resource forks as extended attributes, translating to Alternate Data Streams in Windows terminology. This means that NTFS drives will no longer be littered with ‘._’ (AppleDouble) files. Services For Mac attributes are used for the special attributes ‘com.apple.FinderInfo’ and ‘com.apple.ResourceFork’.
• Support for storing the Mac OS backup timestamp.
• All new features, enhancements and fixes included in stable NTFS-3G for Mac 2010.5.22.

Please see more at

http://macntfs-3g.blogspot.com/

Enjoy!

Tuxera Open Source Team

We are currently in IFA in Berlin – touted as the “Leading Business Event for Consumer Electronics and Home Appliance’s”. This is a huge exhibition where you can see everything from cutting-edge kitchen electronics to digital media. For us, it has been great to note we have created an impact building on the excellent foundation of our open source work. Seems that demand for file system compatibility is on the rise, and who are we to say no to that challenge…