TARFS(4) TARFS(4)
NAME
tarfs - mount tar archive
SYNOPSIS
tarfs [ -ab ] tarfile mountpt
DESCRIPTION
Tarfs makes the contents of the directories and files
archived in the given Unix/POSIX tar archive tarfile visible
in the name space under mountpt. They can then be accessed
in an obvious way by other commands such as ls(1) and cp(1).
Only read access is supported. User and group names are
simply the numeric user and group IDs in the file. The -a
and -b options cause the tarfile's name space to be placed
after or before the current contents of mountpt; the default
is to replace that directory's contents.
SOURCE
/appl/cmd/tarfs.b
SEE ALSO
gettar(1), archfs(4), intro(5)