Messages in this thread | | | From | Giuseppe Bilotta <> | Subject | Re: The argument for fs assistance in handling archives | Date | Sat, 4 Sep 2004 04:58:15 +0200 |
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Linh Dang wrote: > On such a system, one would have multiple virtual views mounted (by > root) under: > > /view/tar, /view/dpkg, /view/rpm, etc. > > for every regular file /home/joe/blah.tar > > the path /view/tar/home/joe/blah.tar/ is a directory where member of > the archives directly accessible. > > old tools continue work as is. new tools can take a look on virtual > views for virtual access. > > Not sure how such a system would work with the dentry cache.
How does it cope with 'view withint view'? Say you have a .zipped ISO. Can you do
cd /view/iso/view/zip/home/joe/mycd.zip/mycd.iso/
?
-- Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta
Can't you see It all makes perfect sense Expressed in dollar and cents Pounds shillings and pence (Roger Waters)
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