From f5f1898cf0bd6410c4bace9f8cb6235493f819df Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "jbranso@dismail.de" Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2024 19:30:20 -0400 Subject: edit the translator/storeio page. * hurd/translator/storeio.mdwn: I added a bit more description from an old irc log. Message-ID: <20241016233039.17856-4-jbranso@dismail.de> --- hurd/translator/storeio.mdwn | 15 +++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'hurd/translator') diff --git a/hurd/translator/storeio.mdwn b/hurd/translator/storeio.mdwn index 8e26a959..fc39932f 100644 --- a/hurd/translator/storeio.mdwn +++ b/hurd/translator/storeio.mdwn @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@ -[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2007, 2008, 2024 Free Software +Foundation, Inc."]] [[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this @@ -8,7 +9,17 @@ Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] -`storeio` is a *translator for devices and other stores*. + + +`storeio` is a translator for devices and other stores. You can use +it for user-level access to disks via `/dev/hd0s1` instead of kernel-based +device access. + + $ settrans -ca foo /hurd/storeio myfile + +Now, foo will look like a device, which gives you transparent +decompression, partition handling, etc. It is a little like Linux's +`losetup`, and you don't have to be root to use it! It relies heavily on [[libstore]]. -- cgit v1.2.3