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Date: Fri, 18 May 2007 16:56:16 -0400
From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To: Pav Lucistnik <pav@FreeBSD.org>
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Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org,
	Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org,
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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sbin/mdconfig mdconfig.8
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On Fri, May 18, 2007 at 10:53:08PM +0200, Pav Lucistnik wrote:
> Kris Kennaway p??e v p? 18. 05. 2007 v 16:41 -0400:
> > On Fri, May 18, 2007 at 01:57:17PM +0000, Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
> > > keramida    2007-05-18 13:57:17 UTC
> > > 
> > >   FreeBSD src repository (doc committer)
> > > 
> > >   Modified files:
> > >     sbin/mdconfig        mdconfig.8 
> > >   Log:
> > >   Add an example which shows how mdconfig(8) can be used
> > >   to mount an ISO 9660 CD image file.
> > >   
> > >   PR:             112691
> > >   Submitted by:   Warren Block, wblock at wonkity.com
> > >   MFC after:      3 days
> > 
> > An interesting trick is that bsdtar can read ISO files without needing
> > to mount them - I wonder if a cross-reference is appropriate.
> 
> But not for convenient, non-linear access.

That's true, but it doesn't require root and it's great for extracting
files as a once-off occurrence.  mdconfig is the better solution for
random access.

Kris