Re: [Mtools] small feature -- specify offset with -i option

[Alain Knaff]

Luigi Rizzo wrote:
> Hi,
> attached is a patch to implement a small but i believe convenient
> feature to specify a file offset as an additional parameter to
> the -i flag which now can take the form
> 
>       filename@@offset
> 
> and you can add a trailing s,k,m,g character (case insensitive)
> to specify the offset in sectors, kb, mb or gb.
> Clearly the separator @@ can be changed to something else if
> appropriate.
> 
> It is convenient e.g. when you need to manipulate image files or flash
> keys where the FAT partition is not at the beginning.
> I think right now you can only specify the offset by
> creating an mtools.conf file, which is probably not so
> convenient and the reason why the -i flag was introduced.
> 
> patch below -- it should be reasonably compatible with the new mtools 4.0.0,
> 
>       cheers
>       luigi

Thanks, this is now in mtools-4.0.0

Regards,

Alain