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SubjectRe: new filesystem: zipfs
On Thu, 7 Jan 1999, Parmelan, Edouard wrote:

>I need see the content of a ZIP file as a regular
>filesystem.
>
>Why ? For example to mount jdk12-doc.zip.
>It's a 16Mo archive that extract to 85Mo with 5020 files :(
>
>I think that if someone write a READ ONLY Zip filesystem
>(call it zipfs) for Linux it could be great for everybody :)
>
>Is anybody had already write it ?
>If yes, where I can find it ?
>
>Else is some other guys want it ?
>If yes, I need some help to create it.

Pointless IMHO. Download e2compr package and have ext2
compress/decompress the directory for you allready. No need to
have 1000 different compressed filesystems floating around.

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Mike A. Harris - Computer Consultant - Linux advocate

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