Link of Linux file in Windows Partition

indian · 08-15-2004, 11:39 AM

Hi,Suppose I gave a shortcut to a Linux file in Windows partition and say it is a txt file than will it open from Windows and will I be able to modify it?

XavierP · 08-15-2004, 11:49 AM

No. Windows cannot write to a Linux partition. If, however, you had a shared fat32 partition and the link pointed there (both in Windows and Linux) you could.

indian · 08-15-2004, 12:12 PM

Thanks a lot...but what is shared partition ? i mean I have mounted my all windows partition on Linux.Do I have to change there permission or something like that ...?

XavierP · 08-15-2004, 12:28 PM

When I said shared partition, i meant a data partition formatted as fat32 - both Windows and Linux can read and write to a fat32 partition. What are your Windows partitions formatted as?

indian · 08-15-2004, 01:32 PM

ya they are all FAT32..

XavierP · 08-15-2004, 01:48 PM

Then Linux should be able to view them. Check your /mnt directory - you should have a /mnt/win or /mnt/win-c or somesuch. Which distro are you using?

michaelk · 08-15-2004, 02:49 PM

Yes you will be able to modify the file but linux and window text files use different end of line characters and if this is a configuration file some applications like apache do not like the extra end of line character. You can convert it back using linux applications but to avoid the extra step I use the windows application TextPad because it will save a file in either format.