transparent file compression

[MoLE]

On 15 August 2010 16:19, Tom Sparks <tom_a_sparks at yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> I have a folder with 20+ GB
> I am looking a compressing the folder and I want the file to be accessable without extracting them first?
>
> what are my options?
>
> tom_a_sparks
> PS: I also want to be able to add files to the compression also

This might be the sort of thing you're looking for:

http://miio.net/wordpress/projects/fusecompress/

It's packaged in lucid.

The whole list of compressed filesystems using the FUSE interface is here:

http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/fuse/index.php?title=CompressedFileSystems

so I guess they would be your alternative options.


Hope this helps


MoLE