Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S269447AbUICCdY (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Sep 2004 22:33:24 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S269450AbUICAL7 (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Sep 2004 20:11:59 -0400 Received: from the-village.bc.nu ([81.2.110.252]:15762 "EHLO localhost.localdomain") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S268126AbUICAA7 (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Sep 2004 20:00:59 -0400 Subject: Re: The argument for fs assistance in handling archives (was: silent semantic changes with reiser4) From: Alan Cox To: Spam Cc: Paul Jakma , Jamie Lokier , Linus Torvalds , Horst von Brand , Adrian Bunk , Hans Reiser , viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk, Christoph Hellwig , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, Linux Kernel Mailing List , Alexander Lyamin aka FLX , ReiserFS List In-Reply-To: <1835526621.20040903014915@tnonline.net> References: <20040826150202.GE5733@mail.shareable.org> <200408282314.i7SNErYv003270@localhost.localdomain> <20040901200806.GC31934@mail.shareable.org> <1094118362.4847.23.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20040902161130.GA24932@mail.shareable.org> <1835526621.20040903014915@tnonline.net> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1094165736.6170.19.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2) Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2004 23:55:40 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 640 Lines: 14 On Gwe, 2004-09-03 at 00:49, Spam wrote: > But can you actually do things with these files? Can you run > applications or edit files directly, or is there need for temporary > unzip first? You always need that for zip files. Firstly because executables are paged so you need an accessible random access copy of the bits. Secondly because data may be paged, and also for seek performance. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/