Re: [9fans] command line tool for storing / reading files on venti

[Enrico Weigelt <weigelt@metux.de>]

* Russ Cox <rsc@swtch.com> wrote:
> > The venti/read and venti/write commands just support single blocks.
> > Vac seems fine as archive tool, but it only can store - I need some
> > "unvac" command. (mounting each single archive via vacfs is a bit
> > too complicated for my project).
>
> I'm hesitant to bother replying, as we learned earlier that
> your idea of complicated does not match established norms.
>
> That said, here is an (untested) unvac command:
>
> 	#!/bin/rc
> 	if(! ~ $#* 2){
> 		echo 'usage: unvac file.vac directory'
> 		exit 1
> 	}
> 	rfork n
> 	vacfs $1 || exit
> 	mkdir -p $2 || exit
> 	dircp /n/vac $2

Well, this doesnt seem to run this way on p9p :(
BTW: still leaves the problem that lot's of vacfs servers are
started not terminated after use :(


cu
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