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On Mon, 9 Apr 2012 12:35:44 +0100, Stroller wrote: |
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> Yeah, I got the notion from `man chattr` ("with the `c' attribute set … |
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> A read from this file returns uncompressed data. A write to this file |
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> compresses data before storing them on the disk.") that one might be |
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> initiate the dd copying process to a new file (which would write |
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> uncompressed data) then, in a new terminal, immediately change the |
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> compression attribute of the file, and that the *remainder* of the file |
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> would be compressed. |
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It appears that you can set this attribute on a directory then all files |
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created in that directory will inherit it. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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