On Mon, 9 Apr 2012 12:35:44 +0100, Stroller wrote:

> Yeah, I got the notion from `man chattr` ("with the `c' attribute set …
> A read from this file returns uncompressed data.  A write to this file
> compresses data before storing them on the disk.") that one might be
> initiate the dd copying process to a new file (which would write
> uncompressed data) then, in a new terminal, immediately change the
> compression attribute of the file, and that the *remainder* of the file
> would be compressed.

It appears that you can set this attribute on a directory then all files
created in that directory will inherit it.


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Neil Bothwick

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