From: raleighr3 <raleighr3@...>
Date: 2008-10-06T23:03:14+09:00
Subject: Re: how to stream or write data into a tar.gz file as if the data 	were from files?

On Sep 15, 1:35 pm, bwv549 <jtpri...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a gazillion little files in memory (each is really just a chunk
> of data, but it represents what needs to be a single file) and I need
> to throw them all into a .tar.gz archive.  In this case, it must be
> in .tar.gz format and it must unzip into actual files--although I pity
> the fellow that actually has to unzip this monstrosity.
>

This maybe be a little late, but better late than never.
Have you considered using #1 with a tmpfs and memory mapped files?
This isn't exactly portable, but should be pretty fast since as far as
tar is concerned your in-memory files just look like a regular
filesystem thanks to tmpfs.