Re: Q: Is there a compressed filesystem?

[Thomas Graichen <graichen@rzpd.de>]

hasn't Andreas Brusinsky said ? ...
> 
> One question comes up when I untar all these huge source distributions:
> 
> Can tar files be accessed directly as a kind of filesystems?
> 
> I mean source files for a user that likes to compile something are just 
> needed for the compile process and are a waste of space after the binaries
> are build. The uncompressed source files consume quite a bit of filesystem 
> space.
> I know the concept of a compressed filesystem from the PC-DOS world but
> believe that this is not a bad thing to have also for unix.
> 
> Is there a compressed filesystem for unix available? 
> So that a compile process just acts inside of a tar file or so. 
> 
there are some things for linux - but at todays disk prices i would
better let my fingers off it because it is either a bit insecure (in
terms of dataloss in case of failure) or slow - but it doesn't have to
be ... but at the current state it is (i tried to help someone in
testing double - a compressed device thing for linux a while ago -
from there are my experiences)

t

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