From 1d19c06f6cb9566d2f480de6f38d3606864ab3f8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: szaka Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 17:13:49 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] explain the 'locale' mount option a bit better --- README | 9 ++++++--- src/ntfs-3g.8.in | 9 +++++---- 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index 6a7f6b08..d3ee16c6 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -50,10 +50,13 @@ it was already mounted, and replace /dev/hda1 and /mnt/windows, if needed): or ntfs-3g /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows -You may also need to set the 'locale' option to make file names with national -characters visible. Replace the below hu_HU.utf8 with the appropriate setting. +If your Operating System vendor didn't setup your language specific settings +then you may also need to set the 'locale' mount option to make all filenames +with national characters visible. Replace the below en_US.UTF-8 with the +appropriate setting. You can find more information about his topic at +http://ntfs-3g.org/support.html#locale - mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows -o locale=hu_HU.utf8 + mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows -o locale=en_US.UTF-8 Please see the ntfs-3g manual page for more options and examples. diff --git a/src/ntfs-3g.8.in b/src/ntfs-3g.8.in index 09ab32c0..efc23e72 100644 --- a/src/ntfs-3g.8.in +++ b/src/ntfs-3g.8.in @@ -102,10 +102,11 @@ means full access to everybody. Mount filesystem read\-only. .TP .BI locale= value -You can set locale with this option which is often required to make -visible files with national charaters. It's useful if the locale -environment variables are not set before partitions had been mounted -from /etc/fstab. +This option can be useful if your language specific locale environment +variables are not set correctly or at all in your operating system. +In such cases, the national characters can be made visible by using this +option. Please see more information about this topic at +http://ntfs-3g.org/support.html#locale .TP .B force Force mount even if the volume is scheduled for consistency check or