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diff --git a/hurd/translator/storeio.mdwn b/hurd/translator/storeio.mdwn index d8c6db6c..4493fad1 100644 --- a/hurd/translator/storeio.mdwn +++ b/hurd/translator/storeio.mdwn @@ -9,3 +9,20 @@ is included in the section entitled `storeio` is a *translator for devices and other stores*. It relies heavily on [[libstore]]. + + +# Examples + +You can make a file's content available as some block device (where `foo` is +the name of the file to map): + + settrans -ca node /hurd/storeio -T file foo + +You can even `ungzip` files on the fly (`bunzip2` is available as well): + + settrans -ca node /hurd/storeio -T gunzip foo.gz + +You can use the *typed store*, to create filter chains (of course this example +is kind of useless since you could use the `gunzip` store directly): + + settrans -ca node /hurd/storeio -T type gunzip:file:foo.gz |