Re: multiply files in one (was GNU/Linux stance by Richard Stallman)

Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH (allbery@kf8nh.apk.net)
Mon, 29 Mar 1999 20:38:20 -0500

In message <37002199.BFE86CB4@ata-sd.com>, Steven Roberts writes:
+-----
| Of course, I'm thinking a userfs solution would work here.
+--->8

Why? Methinks a library would suffice, especially for trivial archive
formats (ar comes to mind). There's no need for special kernel involvement,
except perhaps to make it transparent --- and a stdio extension to allow
transparent redirection of I/O for specially-configured (FILE)s would solve
that one just as well.

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