[Libguestfs] Re: libguestfs performance

[Richard W.M. Jones]

On Mon, Dec 07, 2009 at 09:57:08AM +0000, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
> ><fs> debug sh "tar xcf /cd/the_tarball.tar.gz /guest"

xcf?  I mean zxf.

Using debug sh is a hack.  If you want to do it this way we should
add a structured API call to pack and unpack local tarballs.

However I would still recommend the 'dd+resize' approach, as it will
always be much faster.

Rich.

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