Re: [opensuse] Transparent Archive (TAR or Zip) Access for Linux?

On Friday 29 August 2008 10:02, Randall R Schulz wrote:
On Friday 29 August 2008 09:28, Randall R Schulz wrote:
Hi,

Does anyone know if there's a Linux counterpart to the Windows
ability to treat Zip files as if they're just directories,
transparently deriving directory information and automatically
extracting their contents on demand?

...

I concocted the search that answers the question, at least in part:

<http://www.linux.com/feature/132196>
<http://www.linux.com/feature/132196?theme=print>

<http://linux.softpedia.com/get/System/Filesystems/fuse-zip-40109.shtml>


The "fuse-zip" software builds without complaint and appears to work on
10.3. I haven't tried it on my 10.0 system, which is where I'd really
like to have it, but it's a start.


Randall Schulz
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