Re: [PLUG] Convert ext4 Filenames to FAT-compatible Names

["Keith C. Perry" <kperry@daotechnologies.com>]

"Safe" is probably subjective.  Write access for NTFS has been around for awhile now.  I use it regularly for bulk data moves.


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On Sep 14, 2015 9:11 AM, Rich Freeman <r-plug@thefreemanclan.net> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 8:48 AM, Keith C. Perry 
> <kperry@daotechnologies.com> wrote: 
> > 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. 
> > 
>
> How widespread is NTFS support for mobile devices?  Or even for 
> non-mobile?  FAT32 tends to be used because it is so old and 
> universally-supported. 
>
> I'm skeptical that my android phone would read an NTFS USB drive. 
> Also, is NTFS writing considered safe now on Linux? 
>
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> Rich 
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