Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 8 Jan 1999 20:01:15 -0500 (EST) | From | "Mike A. Harris" <> | Subject | Re: new filesystem: zipfs |
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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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