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a=openpgp; fpr=D58529CC5376E36D6E1E6F6234F230FAF78E48D3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Introduce the "symlink=" and the "native_symlink=" 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 --- Documentation/filesystems/ntfs.rst | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ntfs.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/ntfs.rst index 5c96b04a4d7a..4bfa392daec6 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/ntfs.rst +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ntfs.rst @@ -156,4 +156,17 @@ windows_names= Refuse creation/rename of files with characters or discard= 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. ======================= ==================================================== -- 2.43.0