alt Hacker NewsFrom the article, first use case:
> Example use cases include:
> * Running unmodified Linux programs on Windows
> * ...
That won't work if the unplugged Linux program assumes that mv replaces a file atomically; ntfs can't offer that.
From the article, first use case:
> Example use cases include:
> * Running unmodified Linux programs on Windows
> * ...
That won't work if the unplugged Linux program assumes that mv replaces a file atomically; ntfs can't offer that.
NTFS uses atomic transactions, that's the only way it has the ability to recover after a fault.
You can read more if you wish in 'Inside the Windows NT File System' by Helen Custer, page 15.