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From: jap@convex.cl.msu.edu (Joe Porkka)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: A compression filesystem
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Date: 12 Feb 91 22:09:02 GMT
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cpc@czaeap.UUCP (Chris Cebelenski) writes:

>Here's an idea I've been tossing around:

>	FCFS: Fast Compression File System

>	Purpose: Reduce storage needed for seldom accessed files.

>	Implementation: Pseudo or real device driver. (Probably Psuedo)

There is a program for Macs that do something like this.
Basically, you specify some or all files to be compressed.
Said files are then compressed.
When an application opens a compressed file, this utility intercepts
the Open call, uncompresses the file, and then proceeds to do a normal
Open. On close in recompresses the file.

Kind of yucky, but it will work on top of any filesystem, with any kind
of file, with any application.