Date: Wed, 28 Feb 1996 08:12:10 -1000 From: "Peter Stubbs" <peters@staidan.qld.edu.au> To: Peter van Heusden <pvh@leftside.its.uct.ac.za>, freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Compressing filesystem for FreeBSD Message-ID: <6BD18783D77@aidan.staidan.qld.edu.au>
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On 24 Feb 96, Peter van Heusden wrote: > > Does anyone know if anyone has done any work on writing a > compressing filesystem for FreeBSD? I've been thinking about this, > and the strategies to do it, and I'd like to know if there is any > previous work out there I can refer to... > This isn't much of an answer, but since nobody else has said anything I'll point out that the the nearest thing that's here now is the pseudo-device gzip which allows gziped a.outs to be run. Perhaps all that is needed is to extend that device to other files? I'd hate to see us go the same direction as MS-DOG and create a single file with all the other files compressed into it. Perhaps the netware 4 technique of compressing files that haven't been access for a certain time using a (very) niced daemon? Cheers, Peter Peter Stubbs, St Aidan's AGS. ph +61-07-3379-9911, fax +61-07-3379-9432
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