Phillip Susi wrote: > On 12/19/2011 9:56 AM, Jim Meyering wrote: >> Sorry, but no. I expect to provide the absolute minimum library >> interface required to resize only FAT and HFS file systems. > > Why? I understand wanting to get rid of the code to do the low level > manipulation, but if the utility is going to have the resize command, > why not let it work on ext4, when all you have to do is shell out to > the appropriate utility to handle it? That seems even less intrusive > than calling on a separate library to resize fat.
See below. > Or do you mean to say that the fat resize code is going to its own > library, and parted will not be using that library? Right. libparted will not include FS-manipulation code and parted, the command-line tool, will not perform FS manipulation. This new library will be usable by external applications to resize HFS and FAT partitions.
