On Sat, Jul 05, 2003 at 05:24:21PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote: > Package: wnpp > Version: unavailable; reported 2003-07-05 > Severity: wishlist > > * Package name : e2tools > Version : 0.0.13 > Upstream Author : Keith Sheffield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > * URL : http://home.earthlink.net/~k_sheff/sw/e2tools/index.html > * License : GPL > Description : utilities for manipulating files in an ext2/ext3 > filesystem > > E2tools is a simple set of GPL'ed utilities to read, write, and manipulate > files in an ext2/ext3 filesystem.
please excuse my ignorance - what would be the advantage of these tools over the core file utilities which use the VFS layer? -Ralf. --