"A month of sundays ago Riley Williams wrote:"
> > I'd try out e2compr however I don't want to risk any data until
> > it is built into the kernel tree proper.
>
> I'm also now joint developer of e2comp with the aim of getting it in
> the kernel as standard ASAP.
While e2compr is so absilutely solid as to be ridiculous, he could also
use the user space compression afforded by preloading a library module to
intercept open and read calls, and thus read .gz'ed files
transparantly.
This has, like e2compr, been available for years. I believe Alain Knaff
did the work (correct me if I'm wrong). You want to look for something
like libz or zlib on the web (careful! There are two).
And Riley, I haven't forgotten the ram.
Peter
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