.. -*- coding: utf-8; -*-.. include:: HEADER.rst============== File system.==============.. contents::Make label on FAT32 volume.===========================The volume name can be up to 11 characters long:: $ sudo mlabel -i /dev/<device> ::my-labelor when create FAT32 file system:: $ sudo mkdosfs -n <vol-name> /dev/<device>Convert file name coding.=========================:: $ convmv --nosmart -f cp-1251 -t utf-8 -r $dirHow get file time attributes.=============================POSIX define 3 file time attributes: atime (access time, only a few OS/fs updatethis parameter), ctime (attribute/inode modification time), mtime (modificationtime).To get time you can use 'ls' command but it print time in locale dependentirregular form:: $ ls -l file.txt # last file modification $ ls -lc file.txt # last file status modification $ ls -lu file.txt # last accessGNU coreutils provide more robust 'stst' utility:: $ stat -c %Y file.txt # last file modification $ stat -c %Z file.txt # last file status modification $ stat -c %X file.txt # last accessPOSIX file name restriction.============================Windows file name restriction.============================== http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365247.aspx Naming Files, Paths, and NamespacesHow get UUID and label?=======================Include UUID (Universally Unique Identifier) and labels:: $ ls -l /dev/disk/by-uuid/ lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2010-11-01 23:41 46B6-1FD4 -> ../../sdb2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2010-11-01 23:41 4C30299030298256 -> ../../sda1 $ ls -l /dev/disk/by-label/ lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2010-11-01 23:41 bin -> ../../sda3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2010-11-01 23:41 inst -> ../../sda2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2010-11-01 23:41 media -> ../../sdc5 $ sudo vol_id /dev/dm-2 ID_FS_USAGE=filesystem ID_FS_TYPE=ext3 ID_FS_VERSION=1.0 ID_FS_UUID=f7484fc9-75ec-4e46-8539-50b1e371b7ef ID_FS_UUID_ENC=f7484fc9-75ec-4e46-8539-50b1e371b7ef ID_FS_LABEL= ID_FS_LABEL_ENC= ID_FS_LABEL_SAFE= $ /sbin/blkid ## from 'e2fsprogs' package /dev/sdc2: UUID="46B6-1FD4" TYPE="vfat" /dev/sdb2: TYPE="ntfs" UUID="BC48D3FD48D3B47C" LABEL="inst" /dev/sda5: UUID="5240AED140AEBB5D" LABEL="music" TYPE="ntfs" /dev/sdc1: UUID="81c4444f-0b70-429a-9d97-8c13e8651f5b" TYPE="ext3" /dev/sdc3: UUID="KOpHWz-clDR-2MqV-vAkE-cPvY-uZrY-kjYJIb" TYPE="lvm2pv" $ udevinfo --query=all --name /dev/sdb ## from 'udev' package P: /block/sdb N: sdb S: disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD1600JS-00MHB0_WD-WCANM5835587 S: disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_WDC_WD1600JS-00_WD-WCANM5835587 S: disk/by-path/pci-0000:00:08.0-scsi-1:0:0:0 E: ID_VENDOR=ATA E: ID_MODEL=WDC_WD1600JS-00M E: ID_REVISION=02.0 ...How set UUID and label?=======================For ext2/ext3 fs:: $ sudo tune2fs /dev/hdb1 -U `uuid`Linux fs under Windows.=======================Ext2 IFS.---------It provides Windows NT4.0/2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008 with full access to Linux Ext2volumes (read access and write access). This may be useful if you have installedboth Windows and Linux as a dual boot environment on your computer.The "Ext2 Installable File System for Windows" software is freeware.After install use 'ifsdrives.cpl' control panel to modify settings. http://www.fs-driver.org/ home pageExt2Fsd.--------Ext2Fsd is an open source linux ext2/ext3 file system driver for Windows systems(NT/2K/XP/VISTA, X86/AMD64). http://www.ext2fsd.com/ Home page. http://sourceforge.net/projects/ext2fsd/ Sourceforge home page.rfstool.--------Allows you to access ReiserFS partitions from a Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XPsystem. It also allows you to access ReiserFS partitions from Linux. It is acomplete rewrite of the ReiserFS functions needed to list directories, copyfiles, and backup metadata. http://p-nand-q.com/e/reiserfs.html home page http://freshmeat.net/projects/rfstool/ Freshmeat home page.Summary files size.===================:: $ find . -type f -iname "*.log" -print0 | du --files0-from=- -c -m | tail -n 1 \ | (read first rest; echo $first)Mount NTFS in Linux.====================Mount in rw mode:: $ man 8 ntfs-3g $ cat /etc/fstab ... UUID=D474CB9874CB7C2C /mnt/winbin ntfs-3g rw,default_permissions,gid=1000,fmask=113,dmask=002,noatime,silent 0 0 ...Stop fsck running every 27 boots.=================================Check current settings:: $ tune2fs -l /dev/$DISKand tune them:: $ tune2fs -c 0 /dev/$DISK $ tune2fs -i 2w /dev/$DISKOr disable checks in ``/etc/fstab`` completely (by setting last colon to ``0``value)!