From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263195AbTJONdK (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Oct 2003 09:33:10 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263196AbTJONdK (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Oct 2003 09:33:10 -0400 Received: from users.linvision.com ([62.58.92.114]:61373 "HELO bitwizard.nl") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S263195AbTJONdI (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Oct 2003 09:33:08 -0400 Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 15:33:05 +0200 From: Erik Mouw To: Josh Litherland Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Transparent compression in the FS Message-ID: <20031015133305.GF24799@bitwizard.nl> References: <1066163449.4286.4.camel@Borogove> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1066163449.4286.4.camel@Borogove> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Organization: Harddisk-recovery.com Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Oct 14, 2003 at 04:30:50PM -0400, Josh Litherland wrote: > Are there any filesystems which implement the transparent compression > attribute ? (chattr +c) The NTFS driver supports compressed files. Because it doesn't have proper write support, I don't think it will do anything useful with chattr +c. Nowadays disks are so incredibly cheap, that transparent compression support is not realy worth it anymore (IMHO). Erik -- +-- Erik Mouw -- www.harddisk-recovery.com -- +31 70 370 12 90 -- | Lab address: Delftechpark 26, 2628 XH, Delft, The Netherlands | Data lost? Stay calm and contact Harddisk-recovery.com