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| author | Hyunchul Lee <hyc.lee@gmail.com> | 2026-06-15 08:49:58 +0900 |
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| committer | Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@kernel.org> | 2026-06-15 19:39:45 +0900 |
| commit | 3802a666f37255cc8ddc5647390e6c590b947065 (patch) | |
| tree | 2c2d7c9f02dd909e2a75d7392289d2cb8c05b96e /Documentation | |
| parent | d8f1df2e133f203cae3f458cba44efa327b093d9 (diff) | |
| download | ath-3802a666f37255cc8ddc5647390e6c590b947065.tar.gz | |
docs/fs/ntfs: add mount options to support Windows native symbolic links
Introduce the "symlink=<value>" and the "native_symlink=<value>" mount
options to configure the creation behavior of symbolic links and support
creating Windows native symbolic links (reparse points with the
IO_REPARSE_TAG_SYMLINK tag).
Signed-off-by: Hyunchul Lee <hyc.lee@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/ntfs.rst | 13 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ntfs.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/ntfs.rst index 5c96b04a4d7a8..4bfa392daec6a 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/ntfs.rst +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ntfs.rst @@ -156,4 +156,17 @@ windows_names=<BOOL> Refuse creation/rename of files with characters or discard=<BOOL> Issue block device discard for clusters freed on file deletion/truncation to inform underlying storage. + +native_symlink=raw|rel Configure how absolute symbolic links and mount + points (junctions) are handled. Under "raw" + (default), the absolute target path is returned + as-is without translation. Under "rel", it is + rewritten as a relative path anchored at + the volume root. + +symlink=wsl|native Configure how symbolic links are created. Under + "wsl" (default), WSL (Windows Subsystem for + Linux) compatible symlinks are created. Under + "native", Windows native symbolic links are + created. ======================= ==================================================== |