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What's the reason docker uses tar archives instead of ordinary directories for layer contents? This tool is great but it fixes something that should not exist i
by vbezhenar 3y ago
What's the reason docker uses tar archives instead of ordinary directories for layer contents? This tool is great but it fixes something that should not exist in the first place.
- cachvico 3y agoSo images are serialized and able to be transmitted over a network. When an image is used (or "run"), it becomes a container, which makes it behave (to the client) like ordinary files & directories.