Re: linux partition compression?

From: MikeyD (m_donaghy50_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 03/31/04 

Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 19:23:43 +0000

> Hi, does linux support partition compression? or are there any
> programs or filesystems that would enable such support? I realize
> that harddrives are cheap but in situations like eMule when it starts
> to download a file it sets aside a chuck of space (empty hull of a
> file that it "fills up" <or thats how i understand it>). The problem
> is the hard drive things that 200GB are being taken up when really it
> is more like 30GB. Right now i use eMule with XP/NTFS since it
> supports compression but this would *not* be my first choice. Any
> help, pointers, ideas, etc would be greatly apprecated!
>
Yes. e2compr.sourceforge.net is one of the simpler ways of doing it.