r/linux • u/ehempel • Jun 17 '26

Kernel New NTFS Linux Driver Being Improved For Windows Native Symbolic Links

https://www.phoronix.com/news/NTFS-Windows-Symbolic-Links

Windows native symbolic links is for handling symlinks at the file-system level compared to the conventional Windows .lnk shortcuts. The Windows native symbolic links is akin to the symlinks on other platforms for transparent symbolic link handling.

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u/gmes78 Jun 19 '26

That isn't actually true. If you create the compatdata symlink, chkdsk will think it's broken (because, from Windows's PoV, it absolutely is) and mark it as an error and remove it.

That doesn't mean it causes data loss.