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. -- Neil Bothwick Don't be humble, you're not that great.
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