Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 13:35:27 -0600 (MDT) From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it (Luigi Rizzo), hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: zipfs filesystem anyone ? Message-ID: <199710231935.NAA16573@rocky.mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <199710231754.KAA27570@usr02.primenet.com> References: <199710230638.HAA26030@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> <199710231754.KAA27570@usr02.primenet.com>
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Terry Lambert writes: > > Thus, I was looking at something which would pass all filesystem > > (or vn ?) calls to some user-space process which could then handle > > them properly. Using this approach, little modifications to, say, > > a standard "unzip" program, would permit such a filesystem to be > > implemented relatively easily. Efficiency is not a major concern > > for this type of application (especially because the typical use > > would be sequential access to files). > > The VFS interface is not reflexive. Forgive me, but does that mean that the interface doesn't jerk when you hit it in the knee? *grin* Nate
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