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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!agate!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!darwin.sura.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!usenet From: niemidc@oasis.gtefsd.com (David C. Niemi) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.development Subject: Re: Compressing file system ? Date: 6 Aug 1993 23:08:14 GMT Organization: GTE Federal Systems Division Lines: 18 Distribution: world Message-ID: <23uo8u$9jh@europa.eng.gtefsd.com> References: <CBCtwv.4ws@dragon.dsh.org> Reply-To: niemidc@oasis.gtefsd.com NNTP-Posting-Host: hengist.lab.oasis.gtegsc.com In article 4ws@dragon.dsh.org, gary@dragon.dsh.org (Gary D. Duzan) writes: >In article <23tr2j$3tt@europa.eng.gtefsd.com>, niemidc@oasis.gtefsd.com (David C. Niemi) writes: >> >>|> As an alternative, there could be a new type of executable file that >>|> incorporates compression, and the loader would uncompress it as it >>|> executed it. This would work well for less-seldom-used, non-persistent >>|> executables. >> > gzip includes a utility that does this today. This is true. But gzexe is rather slow and un-robust; I would rather see it built into the kernel. --- David C. Niemi: David.Niemi@oasis.gtegsc.com