[parted-devel] Resize removal

[Phillip Susi]

On 11/29/2011 10:27 AM, Petr Uzel wrote:
> The idea is to have resize command, which moves only the end of the
> partition. If it is expanding, it is considered safe operation. With
> shrinking, we should at least warn that it is unsafe and could destroy
> the data.

That is exactly what I was thinking.  I'm also implementing a variant of the BLKPG ioctl to allow such a resize to take place on a currently mounted partition.  I'll see what I can do with these patches.