When ntfsclone'ing to a file, the target file was truncated to the volume
size. This is not useful on file systems which support sparse files. In
the case of ntfs-3g this leads to prevent optimizations specific to
appending data. So when a sparse output file is detected, it is emptied
to benefit from subsequent appending of data.
The upcoming libgrypt-1.6 drops the "module" interface which was used
by ntfsdecrypt for decrypting files which were encrypted with the "DESX"
algorithm. This algorithm is a Microsoft variant of DES with a key size
of 128 bits, and is not natively supported by libgrypt. The module interface
made possible to declare an external algorithm so that all the encryption
modes could be processed the same way whether the algorithm was internal
or external.
This patch makes DESX a specific case, so that the module interface is
not needed any more. It is compatible with current libgrypt and upcoming
libgrypt-1.6
When trying to undelete a file which was modified several times the
same day, it is difficult to tell which one is the latest unless the
modification time is displayed.
Traditionally the backup boot sector is not set by ntfsresize because
the exact partition size is not yet known. A chkdsk is triggered to
subsequently insert it.
However ntfsresize is frequently activated by a partition editor which
has an exact knowledge of the wanted layout, and the backup boot sector
can be inserted by ntfsresize. This is only done if the target partition
size is defined with no unit suffix, and it is a multiple of the sector
size. Anyway the backup boot sector cannot overwrite useful data as it
is inserted between the file system size and the target partition size.
The usa sequence is used to make sure the sectors containing metadata
are fully written. The values are always put at the end of 512-byte
chunks even if the sectors are greater.
When the MFT is partially located beyond the end of a resized partition,
it has to be relocated after the other files have been processed
because the MFT data is needed to do the relocations. When the MFT runlist
is split over extents, all of them have to be processed.
When the beginning of the MFT is beyond the end of the resized
partition, a specific procedure has to be used to relocate this part
of the MFT and adjust the bitmap accordingly. On a test run, these
updates should not be done.
The long long printing formats (such as %lld or %llx) have to be
translated to %I64 on older Windows systems, and the buffers to
receive the translated format must be able to hold the tool banners
which can be quite lengthy.
The size argument of ntfsresize is the target partition size. This is
not the file system size as returned by df(1) or statvfs(3) because a
sector is reserved for the backup boot sector, and the remaining sector
count might not be a multiple of clusters per sector.
When a sector is unreadable, consider the whole sector as bad, instead
of trying to find which 512-byte parts of it are bad. This was causing
unwanted retries for devices with 4K sectors.
Older msvcrt.dll (on XP and earlier) did not support "%ll" print editing
formats frequently used by ntfsclone. So translate them to "%I64" when
running on Windows. This format appears to be supported by all Windows
versions. Error messages from libntfs-3g are still not translated.
This mainly means using the functions in win32_io.c instead of the
standard msvcrt.dll ones in order to be able to truncate files and
create sparse ones.
This mainly means using the functions in win32_io.c instead of the
standard msvcrt.dll ones in order to be able to truncate files and
create sparse ones.
The summary of 'runcount.runs' and 'runcount.fragments' was displayed in
non-verbose mode. However these variables are not updated in non-verbose
mode, so they would always be 0.
We now only display this summary in verbose mode.
The filtering of files to undelete is usually done through the regex
library. This patch offers an alternate way when such a library is
not readily available (typically on Windows).
When ntfsundelete scans the $MFT for possible deleted files, it may
examine extries which have never been used, producing error messages
which most users do not understand. This patch silences such messages.
Allow the "--ignore-fs-check" option to be used when cloning a file system
which has allocation errors. This is useful when there is a fear that
repairing the file system might create further damage, or when the repair
has to be made on another computer.
This patch adds a new option -n to ntfsclone for simulating a restore
without writing anything. This is useful for checking the consistency
of an image without destroying the original partition.
Upgrade the Win32 interface (win32_io.c) which was designed for Cygwin
so that it can be used for using the ntfsprogs utilities on native Windows.
Two new entries are added for truncating a file and creating a sparse
file, both of which not being supported through msvcrt.dll.
When creating a metadata image, all user data is supposed to be wiped off,
but this was wrong for $MFT and directory indexes when they were
fragmented. This patch cleans the tails of metadata fragments.
The MS_* flags originated from system constants. However the flags
passed to ntfs_mount were really unrelated to the system constants and
many new MS_* flags had to be introduced as different features were
added to the library. Those flags had no counterparts in any system
APIs, so using the same naming scheme is inappropriate.
Instead, let's namespace these flags similarly to what has already been
done in ntfsprogs/libntfs earlier. This avoids any possible conflicts
with system constants.
The values of the flags themselves are kept the same as earlier, so
backward compatibility is retained.
The variable 'flags' was modified along the way and did not contain the
original flags at the end as assumed by the last printout. Fixed by
storing the original state of the flags in a temporary const variable.
Jean-Pierre André
Erik Larsson