Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 25 Jul 1997 23:15:25 -0400 (EDT) | From | Linux-Kernel Mail Account <> | Subject | Re: undelete? |
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> > Compression should be left to user space apps, which can be written > > to deal with the problem in a more sane manner. > > Except then that every app needs to understand compressed files, and > currently, they don't. I can't do a "grep string HOWTO/*" currently, > and as soon as I write a script to do that, I'll run into another > command that does't understand compressed files. > <removed for space> > > I don't think there's a clean solution either in the kernel, fs, or > user space, without doing serious overhaul. You might want to take a look at zlibc (sorry don't have the URL handy but its on sunsite I think) It won't work for executable files and for some things could do better (eg can't compress pine's folders) but all in all is a good solution. > <elsewhere> > > There are e2fs compression patches (which I would like to see in official > > linux kernel some time in the future) which work relatively well. > > The problem with this, is that it's a full disk compression, not a per > file, or per directory compression. Sometimes full disk is exatly what you want, but yes they are two diffrent applications.
Zephaniah E. Hull, No SIG, warp@whitestar.soark.net
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