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From: Gernot Hueber <hueber@riic.at>
Subject: Re: hd compression
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Have a look at

http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~ezk/research/software/

There is a gzipfs mentioned.
But I have no experience with this software.

Gernot

At 09:10 08.01.2002 -0500, unix wrote:
>On Monday 07 January 2002 11:36, unix wrote:
>> I need suggestions on how to compress directories while enabling regular
>> programs to access files in the directories without special commands or
>> naming.
>>
>> I have a large amount (50 gigs) of data kept in text files that I need to
>> access through a java program.  I need to compress the files and have
>> access to the data without changing the java program.
>>
>> Any Ideas???
>>
>> Michael
>>
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>
>Since I didn't get an answer to this in a 24 hr period, I'm guessing that=
 it=20
>is not possible???  or nobody knows how to do it???  or I'm asking a dumb=
=20
>newbie question???
>
>It is easy to compress an entire drive in windows, I assumed that FreeBSD=
=20
>would have something better...
>
>Please help if you have any ideas.
>
>Michael
>
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Dipl.-Ing. Gernot Hueber
Institut f=FCr Integrierte Schaltungen
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