Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2024 03:20:57 +0100 From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@FreeBSD.org> To: Mark Saad <nonesuch@longcount.org> Cc: FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: TarFS Message-ID: <867chpg2d2.fsf@ltc.des.dev> In-Reply-To: <CAMXt9NYNmaCJhSmFg4QAS2d7Lia1oEVAgTeas50w=%2BohsdrwCw@mail.gmail.com> (Mark Saad's message of "Mon, 25 Mar 2024 19:42:35 -0400") References: <CAMXt9NYOA4KJu86gnCwOZeDp31gsxwwrzdb%2Bc6KLsOQxxD6r5A@mail.gmail.com> <86edbyh0od.fsf@ltc.des.dev> <CAMXt9NYNmaCJhSmFg4QAS2d7Lia1oEVAgTeas50w=%2BohsdrwCw@mail.gmail.com>
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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”. DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - des@FreeBSD.org
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