Command line utility

[graugans]

Hi,

that library looks very interesting to me. Working in the the field of emedded Linux we always struggle with manipulating filesystems within CI/CD when Docker comes into play. Currently we need to rund a Docker image in privileged mode to loop mount the images.

Are there any plans for a command line utility which provides functionality to manipulate filesystems on disk? That would be super awesome for dealing with them inside of an none privileged Docker container.

[deitch]

Working in the the field of emedded Linux we always struggle with manipulating filesystems within CI/CD when Docker comes into play

A related area is how I came to this. I am a maintainer of linuxkit, and we had the same issues.

ext4 support has been in development for years. But as this is all volunteer/on-the-side to my mainline consulting business, I would need to find the time to do it (which is not simple, and for which I am grateful).

I don't see why we couldn't add it. Maybe start a PR that begins just with a CLI.md or similar file that describes its behaviour/UX, and then we can look at adding it? I would take a PR on this, but if I can find some time, I would work on it.

[deitch]

Your profile says:

Embedded Linux specialist for 3D time of flight cameras

Cool!

[graugans]

Your profile says:

Embedded Linux specialist for 3D time of flight cameras

Cool!

This is what my team is building: https://www.ifm.com/us/en/us/robotics/cameras/o3r/hardware-architecture

[graugans]

Working in the the field of emedded Linux we always struggle with manipulating filesystems within CI/CD when Docker comes into play

A related area is how I came to this. I am a maintainer of linuxkit, and we had the same issues.

ext4 support has been in development for years. But as this is all volunteer/on-the-side to my mainline consulting business, I would need to find the time to do it (which is not simple, and for which I am grateful).

I don't see why we couldn't add it. Maybe start a PR that begins just with a CLI.md or similar file that describes its behaviour/UX, and then we can look at adding it? I would take a PR on this, but if I can find some time, I would work on it.

Perfect, I will provide a proposal. About the cli interface. I can also work on a basic implementation, this may need some input due to my entry level Go experience.

[deitch]

This is what my team is building:

Oh definitely cool. Maybe with your work, someday my iRobot will be smarter!

About the cli interface. I can also work on a basic implementation, this may need some input due to my entry level Go experience

No problem. Most go-based CLI apps more or less follow the "command subcommand subsubcommand ..." pattern. Just like docker run or kubectl get pod, etc.

If you have a moment, message me avi [at] aptimia [dot] com