Re: writing a plugin for reiserfs compression

Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk (roy@karlsbakk.net)
Thu, 1 Nov 2001 22:43:37 +0100 (CET)

> >
> > But still... Are the files are compressed as they are created/modified on
> > the filesystem?
>
> Only if the file is in a directory with the +c attribute set.
> You can have full control over the compression.

Could this be modified to the 'wait <n> days' concept I mentioned earlier?
I mean... Don't let the kernel modify them - ever. Let some cron-job do
it...

> Note this transparent ext2 compression patch is only available for 2.2

Would it be hard to port to 2.4?

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