From e2ed71e2538b17e57eeff1cb832e2656df7e3021 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jan Frenzel <jan.frenzel@tu-dresden.de> Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2022 16:57:18 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Added usage example for ratarmount. --- doc.zih.tu-dresden.de/docs/software/utilities.md | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc.zih.tu-dresden.de/docs/software/utilities.md b/doc.zih.tu-dresden.de/docs/software/utilities.md index 1a065516a..c1db9bb1c 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. -- GitLab