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Re:Pack: A New Container Format for Compressed Files by t43562 on Saturday March 23, 2024 @04:24PM (#39802850)
I think random access is a useful feature - e.g. if you want to compress code modules like java does so that you can still load individual modules quickly.

This is not something I've wanted yet personally but that's just random chance. When I do need it I will know which tool to use! Thanks.

It could be handy to be able to mount a pack like a filesystem.

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Re:Pack: A New Container Format for Compressed Files by OttoCoddo on Saturday March 23, 2024 @04:58PM (#39803064)
Indeed. Benchmarking Pack as a file system was fun. It is near 10X faster to let you iterate all the files compared to what I get from NTFS (warm with all caching on for both solutions).

Someday, it can be used as a virtual drive. I leave it to future people.

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