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     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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