diff --git a/doc.zih.tu-dresden.de/docs/software/utilities.md b/doc.zih.tu-dresden.de/docs/software/utilities.md index 1a065516a06750f1d8dab72e0c43769461b0b151..c1db9bb1ce3dd4d47482500fa0b8c1f3f67479f0 100644 --- a/doc.zih.tu-dresden.de/docs/software/utilities.md +++ b/doc.zih.tu-dresden.de/docs/software/utilities.md @@ -187,6 +187,21 @@ It is recommended to install it inside a [Python virtual environment](python_vir marie@compute$ pip install ratarmount ``` +After that, you can use ratarmount to mount a TAR file using the following approach: + +```bash +marie@compute$ ratarmount <compressed_file> <mountpoint> +``` + +Thus, you could invoke ratarmount as follows: + +```console +marie@compute$ ratarmount inputdata.tar.gz input-folder + +# Now access the data as if it was a directory, e.g.: +marie@compute$ cat input-folder/input-file1 +``` + Ratarmount is still in development, so if there are problems or if it is unexpectedly slow, please [open an issue](https://github.com/mxmlnkn/ratarmount/issues) on GitHub.