Re: TarFS
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Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2024 08:33:51 UTC
On Tue, Mar 26, 2024, 3:21 AM Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des@freebsd.org> wrote: > Mark Saad <nonesuch@longcount.org> writes: > > Two other questions ( I have not tried to read the code , please > > forgive my assumptions ) behind the scenes are the tarballs extracted > > over some fs, or mounted directly and read ? > > It scans the archive, builds an index of its contents, and reads what > you ask for when you ask for it. No additional disk space is consumed. > This is why compressed archives can be very slow. > > > Second are there any contradictions with tarfs ; can they be nfs > > exported, mounted on a tmpfs etc . > > They can be exported, but I'm not sure what you mean by “mounted on a > tmpfs”. > I think he means does it work witg unionfs. Side question: how hard is it to add and offset of tarball mount option? Warner > DES > -- > Dag-Erling Smørgrav - des@FreeBSD.org > >