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iso as a tarball

1 2022-08-11 02:58

i recently found out that a friend of mine uses iso/udf for all sorts of things
he sent me a ton of msx stuff, all packaged in iso/udf

looking at the file extensions i thought they were copies of disks
but they were small files, and a lot, then i noticed that he was using it like a tape-archive

iso file as a tarball, i have never seen anybody use it this way
i am shocked, could not even ask why, i was embarrassed...

dear /prog/entlemen, what would be the advantages of this strange choice?

2 2022-08-11 03:40

Ask him why, please.

3 2022-08-11 04:12

Maybe he is an OSX user. They tend to use .dmg like this.

4 2022-08-11 06:44 *

Just ask your friend, this is /prog/ not /mindreading/.

>>3
So it is not just their brains, their files are also .dmg-ed?

5 2022-08-11 16:30

I've done this before as an easy way of sharing files with a VM without giving it any access to the host.

6 2022-08-11 20:15

>>2,4
i do not want to look stupid to him ;_;
he may look down on me...

>>3
actually, i think you got it right, he is an osx user
but is there any benefit?

7 2022-08-11 21:30

>>6
Don't be afraid to look stupid. I'm convinced you're totally stupid and you don't seem to mind.

8 2022-08-12 04:30 *

>>7
i am stupid, truly
but not enough to want to be said as

9 2022-08-12 13:47 *

>>8
Do you know what the Shift key is for?

10 2022-08-13 19:00

>>9
YES, I KNOW
WHY THE QUESTION?

11 2022-08-30 18:27

>>7
This is extremely good advice in general. You make the most personal progress when you accept looking stupid and ask questions.

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