Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!not-for-mail From: William Ray Wing Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: Mac Question Date: Fri, 01 Jan 2016 10:21:46 -0500 Lines: 31 Message-ID: References: <5d9432dc-220f-457b-945c-a864e7255520@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 9.1 \(3096.5\)) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de L3wS4tntJjZfvnigPbrvWQmxNobXhu97yQDXec0X+AnA== Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.009 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.98; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:Question': 0.05; 'permissions': 0.07; 'read-only': 0.07; 'cc:addr:python-list': 0.09; 'formatted': 0.09; 'python': 0.10; 'jan': 0.11; 'received:10.0.1.5': 0.16; 'received:io': 0.16; 'received:psf.io': 0.16; 'subject:Mac': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.16; 'looked': 0.16; 'received:10.0.1': 0.18; 'windows': 0.20; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.20; 'cc:2**1': 0.22; '(on': 0.22; 'trying': 0.22; 'cc:no real name:2**0': 0.22; 'am,': 0.23; 'written': 0.24; '(which': 0.26; 'external': 0.27; 'error': 0.27; 'received:17': 0.27; 'summary': 0.29; 'url:mailman': 0.30; 'anyone': 0.32; 'url:python': 0.33; 'third': 0.33; 'utility': 0.33; 'windows.': 0.33; 'url:listinfo': 0.34; 'received:10.0': 0.34; 'but': 0.36; 'there': 0.36; 'url:org': 0.36; 'subject:: ': 0.37; 'received:10': 0.37; 'turn': 0.37; 'charset:us-ascii': 0.37; 'format': 0.39; 'does': 0.39; 'url:mail': 0.40; 'header:MIME-version:1': 0.60; 'default': 0.61; 'email addr:gmail.com': 0.62; 'here:': 0.63; 'air': 0.65; 'answer.': 0.72; 'overcome': 0.72; 'basis)': 0.84; 'header:In- reply-to:1': 0.84; 'macbook': 0.84 X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:,, definitions=2016-01-01_10:,, signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 clxscore=1011 suspectscore=1 malwarescore=0 phishscore=0 adultscore=0 bulkscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.0.1-1510270003 definitions=main-1601010277 In-reply-to: <5d9432dc-220f-457b-945c-a864e7255520@googlegroups.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3096.5) X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20+ Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:101106 > On Jan 1, 2016, at 5:56 AM, tdsperth@gmail.com wrote: >=20 > Hi All >=20 > I am trying to create a directory on a windows drive from my macbook = air with python but get a permissions error because the windows ntfs = drive is read only - does anyone know away to overcome this issue - I = have looked for a utility but have yet to find an answer. >=20 > Regards and Happy New Year >=20 > Colin >=20 > --=20 > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list OS-X can read NTFS drives, but by default cannot write to them, hence = the read-only mount. If you have control over that external drive you = can format it (on OS-X) as ExFAT, and it can then be written to and read = from by both OS-X and Windows. If the drive must be formatted NTFS, you = can turn on writing via terminal commands (which works ONLY on a = volume-by-volume basis) or using a third party utility. There is a = pretty good summary here: = http://www.cnet.com/news/how-to-manually-enable-ntfs-read-and-write-in-os-= x/ -Bill