[TriLUG] using parted to change the size of a loop mounted filesystem

[Joseph Mack NA3T]

parted can change the size of an unmounted partition 
carrying a filesystem.

A file carrying a filesystem within it and which can be loop 
mounted, could have its size changed too. I expect doing so 
would be quite a different kettle of fish.

google doesn't show anyone doing this at least with parted. 
Has it just not been implemented?

(I could make a new file and copy everything from the old 
file to the file etc, but that seems so old fashioned. I'd 
hoped there was a better way)

Thanks
Joe

-- 
Joseph Mack NA3T EME(B,D), FM05lw North Carolina
jmack (at) wm7d (dot) net - azimuthal equidistant map
generator at http://www.wm7d.net/azproj.shtml
Homepage http://www.austintek.com/ It's GNU/Linux!