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@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ -# About +About +----- -This project aims to provide a full-featured [exFAT](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExFAT) file system implementation for Unix-like systems. It consists of a [FUSE](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_in_Userspace) module (fuse-exfat) and a set of utilities (exfat-utils). +This project aims to provide a full-featured [exFAT][1] file system implementation for Unix-like systems. It consists of a [FUSE][2] module (fuse-exfat) and a set of utilities (exfat-utils). Supported operating systems: @@ -11,7 +12,8 @@ Supported operating systems: Most GNU/Linux distributions already have fuse-exfat and exfat-utils in their repositories, so you can just install and use them. The next chapter describes how to compile them from source. -# Compiling +Compiling +--------- To build this project under GNU/Linux you need to install the following packages: @@ -25,30 +27,30 @@ To build this project under GNU/Linux you need to install the following packages Get the source code, change directory and compile: -``` -git clone https://github.com/relan/exfat.git -cd exfat -autoreconf --install -./configure --prefix=/usr -make -``` + git clone https://github.com/relan/exfat.git + cd exfat + autoreconf --install + ./configure --prefix=/usr + make Then install driver and utilities: -``` -sudo make install -``` + sudo make install -# Mounting +Mounting +-------- Modern GNU/Linux distributions will mount exFAT volumes automatically—util-linux-ng 2.18 (was renamed to util-linux in 2.19) is required for this. Anyway, you can mount manually (you will need root privileges): -``` -sudo mount.exfat-fuse /dev/sdXn /mnt/exfat -``` + sudo mount.exfat-fuse /dev/sdXn /mnt/exfat where /dev/sdXn is the partition special file, /mnt/exfat is a mountpoint. -# Feedback +Feedback +-------- -If you have any questions, issues, suggestions, bug reports, etc. please create an [issue](https://github.com/relan/exfat/issues). Pull requests are also welcome! +If you have any questions, issues, suggestions, bug reports, etc. please create an [issue][3]. Pull requests are also welcome! + +[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExFAT +[2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_in_Userspace +[3]: https://github.com/relan/exfat/issues |