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adrian15 <adrian15@raulete.net> writes:

> 1) fexists FILE functions. Gives OK if the file exists. Gives ERROR if
> the file not exists.

This will be implemented like in bash.

> 2) Being able to mount tar.gz files.

Why?

> 3) Being able to mount loopback devices.

This is possible already.

> 4) Mapping partitions directly to Grub partitions. Is it possible ?

Huh?

> 5) dd equivalent command.

I personally would like something like this, combined with networking
support.

--
Marco