Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 7 Nov 2004 15:32:23 +0800 | From | andyliu <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH]tar filesystem for 2.6.10-rc1-mm3(easily access tar file) |
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oh,sorry.it's a readonly filesystem now.i will try to make it writeable. but i use tar file as loop device.
by the way,if we mount an iso file it's a readonly filesystem too. i think maybe we should do something on the loop device to support this kind of write.
On Sun, 07 Nov 2004 07:13:51 +0000, James Tabor <jimtabor@adsl-64-217-116-74.dsl.hstntx.swbell.net> wrote: > andyliu wrote: > > > > hi > > > > let's think about the way we access the file which contained in a tar file > > may we can untar the whole thing and we find the file we want to access > > or we can use the t option with tar to list all the files in the tar > > and then untar the only one file we want to access. > > > > but with the help of the tarfs,we can mount a tar file to some dir and access > > it easily and quickly.it's like the tarfs in mc. > > > > just mount -t tarfs tarfile.tar /dir/to/mnt -o loop > > then access the files easily. > > > > it was writen by Kazuto Miyoshi (kaz@earth.email.ne.jp) Hirokazu > > Takahashi (h-takaha@mub.biglobe.ne.jp) for linux 2.4.0 > > > > and i make it work for linux 2.6.0. now a patch for linux 2.6.10-rc1-mm3 > > > > the patch is to big to send it as plain text, so i can only send it as > > an attachment > > > > thanks > > > Wow! How cool is this! Can you copy files into a tarfs subsystem? Just like > we do with iso's? > Cool, > James >
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