NTFS filesystem features -> WONTFIX?

[Ben Klein]

2009/4/6 Chris Robinson <chris.kcat at gmail.com>:
> On Sunday 05 April 2009 6:45:42 pm Ben Klein wrote:
>> That might be fine for mount points and mountable devices, but how
>> could you accurately determine the filesystem type for an arbitrary
>> directory like $HOME/.wine/drive_c?
> Expand it (eg. $HOME -> /home/<user>), resolve all symlinks, then see which
> active mount points that falls into. The mount point with the longest name
> would then be the mount point/partition to use. Eg:
>
> Drive path for C:
> $HOME/.wine/dosdrives/c: -> /home/user/.wine/dosdrives/c: ->
> /home/user/.wine/drive_c
>
> Available fs mount points:
> / -> /dev/sda3
> /home -> /dev/sda4
> /boot -> /dev/sda1
> /mnt/cdrom -> /dev/hda1
>
> Matching mount points that /home/user/.wine/drive_c exists in and are active:
> /
> /home
>
> Mount point with the longest name:
> /home
>
> Thus, C: is on /home, which is /dev/sda4.

Easier said than done. Care to write and submit a patch? :)