[ANNOUNCE] exfatprogs-1.3.0 version released
From: Namjae Jeon
Date: Wed Oct 15 2025 - 01:23:51 EST
Hi folks,
In this release, a new tool, defrag.exfat, has been added to perform
defragmentation on exFAT volumes, featuring the following command-line options:
- defrag.exfat /dev/sdX: Perform defragmentation with "fsck warning"
- defrag.exfat -f /dev/sdX: Force defragmentation (skip fsck warning)
- defrag.exfat -a /dev/sdX: Assess current fragmentation status
Additionally, the quick format time of mkfs has been significantly improved:
in the worst-case scenario of a 2TB partition with a 512B cluster size,
the time was reduced from 3 minutes to just 9 seconds.
Any feedback is welcome!:)
NEW FEATURES :
* defrag.exfat: add a tool to defragment an exFAT
filesystem or assess its fragmentation status.
See a man page.
CHANGES :
* mkfs.exfat: minimize zero-out initialization work
in quick format mode to reduce I/O time.
* fsck.exfat: set the entry after an unused entry as unused.
BUG FIXES :
* mkfs.exfat: fix incorrect FAT byte length calculation.
* mkfs.exfat: avoid setting physical sector size into sector_size field.
* fsck.exfat: fix a memory leaks in an error path.
The git tree is at:
https://github.com/exfatprogs/exfatprogs
The tarballs can be found at:
https://github.com/exfatprogs/exfatprogs/releases/download/1.3.0/exfatprogs-1.3.0.tar.gz