#!/usr/bin/env bash set -euo pipefail [ -z "${1:-}" ] && { echo "Usage: $0 "; exit 1; } tarball=$(realpath "$1") top_dir=$(tar -tf "$tarball" | sed -e 's/^\.\///' | cut -d/ -f1 | sort -u) if [ "$(echo "$top_dir" | wc -l)" -ne 1 ]; then echo "Error: Tarball must contain a single top-level directory." exit 1 fi mountpoint=$(mktemp -d) cleanup() { cd / umount "$mountpoint" 2>/dev/null || true rmdir "$mountpoint" } trap cleanup EXIT sudo mount -t tmpfs -o size=8G tmpfs "$mountpoint" tar -xf "$tarball" -C "$mountpoint" cd "$mountpoint/$top_dir" echo "Spawning shell in tmpfs. Type 'exit' to finish and cleanup." bash