ARCHFS(4) ARCHFS(4)
NAME
archfs - mount a mkfs archive
SYNOPSIS
archfs [ -ab ] [ -s ] [ -m mountpoint ] archfile [ prefix
... ]
DESCRIPTION
Archfs mounts at mountpoint (default: /mnt/arch), a read-
only file system representing the contents of archfile,
which is a file of the format produced by mkfs(8) with the
-a option. Typically the archive file will have been cre-
ated by mkfs(8) or create(8). Any prefix names limit the
file system's contents to files and directories in the
archive whose path names start with one of the prefixes.
The -a and -b options cause the archive contents to be
mounted after or before the mount point's existing contents,
in a union dirctory (see bind(1) for details). Normally the
archive contents replace the contents of mountpoint. The -s
option causes the rest of the archive to be skipped once a
file is found in the archive which does not start with any
of the given prefixes. This is useful an archive is known to
start with a description of its contents (eg, the /wrap
directory provided by create(8)), and that is all that is
needed under mountpoint.
SOURCE
/appl/cmd/archfs.b
SEE ALSO
tarfs(4), mkfs(8), create(8)
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