Ralf Treinen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > 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?
You don't need root. Useful for example to build rescue floppy images. -- Falk