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2014 Jan 27
0
[PATCH INCOMPLETE] Rewrite virt-make-fs in C (originally Perl).
...t (EXIT_FAILURE);
+ }
+ dup2 (fd, 1);
+ if (stderr_to_file)
+ dup2 (fd, 2);
+ close (fd);
+
+ execvp (argv[0], argv);
+ perror ("execvp");
+ _exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
+}
+
+/* Estimate the size of the input. This returns the estimated size
+ * (in bytes) of the input. It also sets ifmt to the format of the
+ * input, either the string "directory" if the input is a directory,
+ * or the output of the "file" command on the input.
+ *
+ * Estimation is a Hard Problem. Some factors which make it hard:
+ *
+ * - Superblocks, block free bitmaps, FAT and other fix...
2014 Jan 27
2
[PATCH INCOMPLETE] Rewrite virt-make-fs in C (originally Perl).
I thought it would be easy to rewrite virt-make-fs in C.
Two days later ...
The Perl program uses a lot of external commands, which makes
it pretty tedious to implement in C.
Rich.