[parted-devel] Partition move function

[Jim Meyering]

Curtis Gedak wrote:
> I wish to begin my response by stating that I did not develop the move
> code in GParted.  However, I have read through it extensively in order
> to adapt it to support sector sizes > 512 bytes.  Credit for the
> initial move idea goes to Jan Claeys, code was developed by Bart
> Hakvoort, and significant testing and bug hunting was performed by
> Laurent de Trogoff.  Hence these gentlemen might have a much better
> understanding of this area than I do.
>
> Following are my discoveries regarding move actions in GParted.
>
>
> ARE PARTITION MOVES FILE SYSTEM SPECIFIC?
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>
> HOW DOES GPARTED PERFORM FILE SYSTEM MOVES?
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>
> Hope that helps describe how GParted performs partition moves.  :-)

Hi Curtis,

Thanks for writing all that.
It's good to know that retaining parted's partition moving
functionality is feasible, with only minimal FS-specific hooks.

Now it's "just" a question of adapting and integrating
the changes, and adding many unit tests.