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SubjectRe: If we cannot trim subject lines...
I wrote:
> (1) Ordinary users wish to copy/move compound files as a single unit,
> attach them to emails and put them on web sites.
>
> Which argues for automatic conversion to/from flat form on demand.
> It could be done in user space, and a kernel hook could make it
> transparent for all programs.

Stephen Frost wrote:
> Uhmm.... tarball. I don't see much need to put that kind of stuff
> into the kernel. There are already userspace utils to handle it, and ones
> code can be written to talk to tarballs... Perhaps a nice library would
> help w/ that (If one hasn't already been written...)...

That's what I said...
with a small hook to make it transparent to all programs.

The hook is not strictly necessary, it just means you don't have to
intercept a gazillion system calls in every program that's running
in user space.

-- Jamie

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