The option delay_mtime avoid updating the mtime of a file after each
individual updating. With this patch, the frequency of the update can
be adjusted to needs (default 60s). This is mainly useful for big files
which are kept open for a long period (file system images, virtual
computers, etc.)
When the hide_dot_files option is set, a file is marked hidden if the
first character in its name is a dot. This patch updates the hidden flag
when the file is renamed or hard linked (useful for text editors which
create files with a temporary name)
The booting process has recently been changed so that partitions
which are requested to be checked at mount time with no checker
available, cause a specific user interaction while booting.
The patch warns users against requesting such a check, as there
is no known open-source ntfs file system checker.
This patch avoid updating the time stamps whenever a file is modified,
by delaying the time stamps updating until the file is closed.
This is mostly useful when the ntfs file system hosts another loop-monted
file system to avoid frequent updates of the time stamps in the outer
file system.
(set by chkdsk, ntfsresize, ntfsfix) and this is what ext2, ext3, ext4,
reiserfs and xfs do in similar cases. The fact of the real dirtiness is
stored in the NTFS logfile which is already checked for.
Jean-Pierre André
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jpandre