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Re: httpfs, tarfs --help
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Jeroen Dekkers |
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Re: httpfs, tarfs --help |
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Fri, 21 Dec 2001 20:14:22 +0100 |
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On Fri, Dec 21, 2001 at 06:43:32PM +0000, Adam Olsen wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 21, 2001 at 07:24:46PM +0100, Jeroen Dekkers wrote:
> > You are right. But it is still possible in the tarfs case. If you want
> > to manipulate the file, you edit foo.tar. If you want the directory
> > tree, it's foo.tar/.
>
> Yeah, but I was actually thinking about gzipped files (as I'm not
> likely to keep an uncompressed tar around)
But those would have an extension of .tar.gz which could be handled
different.
> > > I agree. Btw, naming a non-gzipped file .gz breaks opening them with
> > > vim, and presumably every other app that already supports gzipped
> > > files. Being compatable is very important.
> >
> > That's just stupid, if they can't uncompress the file they should show
> > the raw data IMHO. But as usual people don't think like I do and being
> > compatible is indeed important. But we still can use it in the tarfs
> > case I think.
>
> "compatable? Why would somebody want to obfuscate the filenames?
> Opening gzipped files is just a hack anyway."
You can read that as "a way to turn it off." :-)
> We can start with the bug reports after we have real code, not just
> some theoretical ideas :)
Yes, yet another thing to annoy maintainers. :)
Jeroen Dekkers
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- Re: httpfs, tarfs --help, Jeroen Dekkers, 2001/12/21
- Re: httpfs, tarfs --help, Adam Olsen, 2001/12/21
- Re: httpfs, tarfs --help, Jeroen Dekkers, 2001/12/21
- Re: httpfs, tarfs --help, Adam Olsen, 2001/12/21
- Re: httpfs, tarfs --help, James Morrison, 2001/12/21
- Re: httpfs, tarfs --help, Adam Olsen, 2001/12/21
- Re: httpfs, tarfs --help, Jeroen Dekkers, 2001/12/21
- Re: httpfs, tarfs --help, Moritz Schulte, 2001/12/21
- Re: httpfs, tarfs --help, Jeroen Dekkers, 2001/12/21
- Re: httpfs, tarfs --help, Adam Olsen, 2001/12/21
- Re: httpfs, tarfs --help,
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Re: httpfs, tarfs --help, Marcus Brinkmann, 2001/12/22