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

On Friday 29 August 2008 16:50, John Andersen wrote:
On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 9:28 AM, Randall R Schulz <rschulz@xxxxxxxxx>
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, ...

Others have provided answers on this thread, I just wanted
to ask a question:

Are you sure Vista provides this as transparently as you are
requesting for Linux?

I've never used Vista, nor did I mention it. I only said "Windows."

Nonetheless, I don't recall the extent of this capability, but would we
be surprised if Linux did it better?


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Randall Schulz
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