diff --git a/profiling/tar-extract.bash b/profiling/tar-extract.bash
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+#!/bin/bash -eu
+
+cd "$(dirname "$0")"
+
+# Download /tmp/linux-3.0.tar.gz
+../tests/dl-linux-tarball.bash
+
+T=$(mktemp -d)
+mkdir $T/a $T/b
+
+../gocryptfs -init -quiet -scryptn 10 -extpass "echo test" $T/a
+../gocryptfs -quiet -extpass "echo test" -cpuprofile $T/cprof -memprofile $T/mprof \
+	$T/a $T/b
+
+# Cleanup trap
+trap "cd /; fusermount -u -z $T/b; rm -Rf $T/a" EXIT
+
+echo "Extracting..."
+time tar xzf /tmp/linux-3.0.tar.gz -C $T/b
+
+echo
+echo "Hint: go tool pprof ../gocryptfs $T/cprof"
+echo "      go tool pprof -alloc_space ../gocryptfs $T/mprof"