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

Paul Jakma
2004-09-03T00:14:09Z

On Fri, 3 Sep 2004, Spam wrote:

> 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.

It doesnt matter whether it is transparent to the application. It can
be the application which implements the required level of
transparency.

User doesnt care what provides the transparency or how it's
implemented.

> ~S

regards,
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