| Keith C. Perry on 14 Sep 2015 05:48:19 -0700 |
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| Re: [PLUG] Convert ext4 Filenames to FAT-compatible Names |
I was going to ask for a further definition of "portable". I'm assuming that means across system platforms which would also leads me to use NTFS. On the off-chance that portable meant physically carried but you're only concerned with using on Linux then I would use EXT4. --- KP- On Sep 14, 2015 8:03 AM, Michael Leone <turgon@mike-leone.com> wrote: > > Why not convert the flash drive to a modern filesystem, like NTFS? Or even FAT-32, that would at least support long filenames. NTFS write support should be stable enough these days to use without worry. > > First thing I always do is convert the default FAT-32 filesystem on most commercial flash drives to NTFS. > > On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 7:23 AM, Rich Freeman <r-plug@thefreemanclan.net> wrote: >> >> On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 5:43 AM, Casey Bralla <MailList@nerdworld.org> wrote: >> > I don't care so much about perfect preservation of the file names. Simply >> > dropping the offending characters and shortening the file names in some >> > arbitrary manner would work. >> > >> > Anybody know of a good filename conversion script? >> >> app-misc/detox >> http://detox.sourceforge.net/ >> >> I use it occasionally even on ext4 when you download one of those >> files with creative file-naming. It does have configurable filter >> lists, so you can tune its aggressiveness. Looks like my list of >> installed filters that came with it are: >> available sequences: >> default (*) >> iso8859_1 >> utf_8 >> uncgi >> lower >> iso8859_1-only >> utf_8-only >> uncgi-only >> lower-only >> >> For the most part the default is probably fine. I don't know if it >> does anything about length, but it will git rid of spaces and most >> punctuation, non-ascii, etc. >> >> -- >> Rich >> ___________________________________________________________________________ >> Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org >> Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce >> General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug