Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932486AbVLUSLz (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 Dec 2005 13:11:55 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932488AbVLUSLz (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 Dec 2005 13:11:55 -0500 Received: from mail.scienion.de ([141.16.81.54]:57479 "EHLO sci36-01.hq.scienion.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932486AbVLUSLy (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 Dec 2005 13:11:54 -0500 Message-ID: <43A99AE0.5070005@scienion.de> Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 19:11:44 +0100 From: Sebastian Kloska Organization: Scienion AG User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7-1.1.fc4 (X11/20050929) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Tommy Reynolds CC: LKML Subject: Re: vfat question References: <200512211602.jBLG2QKM003368@laptop11.inf.utfsm.cl> <43A981FD.5030202@scienion.de> <20051221104321.1d02ca43.Tommy.Reynolds@MegaCoder.com> In-Reply-To: <20051221104321.1d02ca43.Tommy.Reynolds@MegaCoder.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1433 Lines: 56 thanks... Tommy Reynolds wrote: >Uttered Sebastian Kloska , spake thus: > >Please do not set the reply-to: mail header when sending to a mailing >list. Thanks. > > > >> I have to admit I do not even have a clue how to get access to >> the directory table of a mounted vfat device. The whole idea >> is for manipulating the ordering of mp3-players which >> (on some devices) seems to dictate the play order. >> So if someone could point me to a good documentation >> I would appreciate it. >> >> > >Accessing a mounted VFAT for this is probably not a good idea. > >However, a userland solution should be possible and much easier than >trying this from the kernel. > >Look at the mtools package: > > http://www.gnu.org/software/mtools/mtools.html > >where you should find tools that do such access already. Then, start >hacking the mdir(1) tool, or some such, to sort the VFAT orders >however you like them. > >Cheers > > -- ********************************** Dr. Sebastian Kloska Head of Bioinformatics Scienion AG Volmerstr. 7a 12489 Berlin phone: +49-(30)-6392-1747 fax: +49-(30)-6392-1701 http://www.scienion.de ********************************** - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/