Comment on A minimum complete tutorial of Linux ext4 file system (2017)parentComments−st_goliath2yFor squashfs there is `tar2sqfs`[1] and `sqfs2tar`[2] (and now also `sqfstar`[3]) that can go from tarball to filesystem and back again.For ext4, I recently saw a patch set on the mailing list[4].Not sure about other filesystems tough.[1] https://manpages.debian.org/unstable/squashfs-tools-ng/tar2s...[2] https://manpages.debian.org/unstable/squashfs-tools-ng/sqfs2...[3] https://manpages.debian.org/unstable/squashfs-tools/sqfstar....[4] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-ext4/20230812150204.462962-2-j...
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For squashfs there is `tar2sqfs`[1] and `sqfs2tar`[2] (and now also `sqfstar`[3]) that can go from tarball to filesystem and back again.
For ext4, I recently saw a patch set on the mailing list[4].
Not sure about other filesystems tough.
[1] https://manpages.debian.org/unstable/squashfs-tools-ng/tar2s...
[2] https://manpages.debian.org/unstable/squashfs-tools-ng/sqfs2...
[3] https://manpages.debian.org/unstable/squashfs-tools/sqfstar....
[4] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-ext4/20230812150204.462962-2-j...