Chris Gushue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I wish more things supported transparently viewing gzipped files :)
I remember there once was a library which overloaded the original libc functions for opening files. You had to preload it by setting the variable LD_PRELOAD to this lib (like you do with libtrash). Once you had done that, all and every program was able to read compressed files transparently! OK, after searching with Google I found out that this this is in Debian. Of course, yeah, how could I even THINK of something NOT being part of Debian - besides XFree 4.2. :-) zlibc - Uncompressing C Library Zlibc is a preloadable shared object that allows executables to uncompress the data files that they need on the fly. No kernel patch, no recompilation of these executables and no recompilation of the libraries is needed. [x] ulf -- Nur wer selbst brennt, kann Feuer in anderen entfachen. (Augustinus) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
