* hurd/translator/storeio.mdwn: I added a bit more description from an old irc log. --- hurd/translator/storeio.mdwn | 15 +++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/hurd/translator/storeio.mdwn b/hurd/translator/storeio.mdwn index 8e26a959..1ab0fa67 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*. +<!-- http://richtlijn.be/~larstiq/hurd/hurd-2010-08-25 --> + +`storeio` is a translator for devices and other stores. You can use +it for user-level access to `/dev/hd0s1` instead of kernel-based +access. + + $ settrans 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]]. -- 2.45.2
