Re: The argument for fs assistance in handling archives (was: silent semantic changes with reiser4)

Spam
2004-09-03T00:03:08Z

> On Gwe, 2004-09-03 at 00:49, Spam wrote:
>> But can you actually do things with these files? Can you run
>> applications or edit files directly, or is there need for temporary
>> unzip first?

> You always need that for zip files. Firstly because executables are
> paged so you need an accessible random access copy of the bits. Secondly
> because data may be paged, and also for seek performance.

Yes, some archive types can't be partially unzipped either. But my
point is that it wouldn't be transparent to the application/user in
the same way.

~S