Cannot create new files with “:” in their filenames, but I have already 13300 of them that work fine (linux, ntfs partition)

manpreet Best Answer 3 years ago

I have a Windows 10 / Manjaro (4.19.32-1-MANJARO) dual boot. All my personal data is stored on an NTFS partition that I use in both systems.

I have a project which involves pictures with some colons (:) in their filenames. I can access those files correctly in Linux (I know I can't with Windows, and it's fine).

However, when I try to create new files with special chars like : (from Linux, of course), in this partition, I can't. It worked fine until recently (2-3 weeks ago). I noticed the issue today.

Example using touch:

[user@user-thinkpad Data]$ touch a\:b
touch: setting times of 'a:b': No such file or directory

Another example:

[user@user-thinkpad Data]$ echo "Hello Hello" > 'a:b'
bash: a:b: Invalid argument

Copying from an external NTFS drive (new files for the project) doesn't work either, using the Files explorer:

manpreet 3 years ago

Any idea why?

Here is what the mount options look like:

/dev/sda3  on  /run/media/user/Data  type  fuseblk     (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,default_permissions,allow_other,blksize=4096,uhelper=udisks2)

[user@user-thinkpad Data]$ sblk -f | grep sda3
├─sda3 ntfs     Data    36A83041A83001C3    52.6G    80% /run/media/user/Data

I'll be happy to share some more information about my system if needed.

Note: I always use the command shutdown /s /t 0 to completely shut Windows down before booting Manjaro.