E2compr 0.4 User Manual

• Quickstart: Important information for the impatient.
• Introduction: What, why, installation, usage, limitations.
• Workings: How e2compr works, and its implications.
• Algorithms: Compression method descriptions.
• Other packages: e2compr interactions with other packages
• FAQ: Contents of the former `FAQ' file.
• TODO: Some ideas for future e2compr development.
• Reference: Reference material
• Install: How to install e2compr
• Glossary: Explanations of certain Unix concepts
• Concept Index @detailmenu -- The Detailed Node Listing --- Introduction
• What: What does e2compr do?
• Why: Why was e2compr written?
• InstallPtr: How do I install e2compr?
• Usage: How do I use e2compr?
• limitations: Current limitations How do I use e2compr?
• Examples: A typical (and instructive) usage pattern. Inside e2compr
• Implementation: How it saves space
• e2compr at work: Various aspects of e2compr behaviour E2compr implementation
• Standard allocation: Disk allocation without e2compr
• Clusters: Introduction to `clusters'
• Uncompressed clusters: Introduction to uncompressed clusters
• zigamorph: How the kernel knows which clusters are compressed
• Implementation conclusion: Implementation conclusion e2compr at work
• When does compression occur: When does de/compression really occur?
• device full: What if I decompress a file on a full device?
• compression error: Compression errors Compression methods
• Compression choices: Choosing an algorithm/cluster size
• none: The `none' method
• new methods: Recently-added compression methods E2compr interactions with other packages
• e2fsck: How does e2compr interact with e2fsck?
• defragmenter: Can I still use a defragmenter?
• e2dump: Can I still use e2dump?
• zlibc: Can I still use zlibc?
• DouBle: Can I still use DouBle?
• loop: Can I use the loop driver with e2compr? FAQ
• standard kernel: When will e2compr get merged into the standard kernel?
• linux-2.0: Will e2compr be back-ported to Linux kernel versions 2.0.x?
• swap file: Is it possible to compress a swap file?
• fragmented: It seems to me that files will be fragmented a lot.
• boot/root floppy: Can I make a compressed boot/root floppy?
• files not to compress: What files should(n't) I compress?
• uninstall: How do I uninstall e2compr?
• gzip comparison: E2compr doesn't seem to compress as well as gzip. Ideas for future e2compr development
• User space work: User space work
• Algorithm work: Algorithms
• Kernel work
• e2compress work: @code{e2compress}
• Work additions: Any other ideas? Reference
• e2bitmap: Display cluster bitmap.
• e2ratio: Display space usage.
• e2compr troubles: When you encounter an error or strange behaviour
• URLs: URLs usw. relevant to e2compr. @code{e2ratio}
• e2ratio overview
• e2ratio output
• Invoking e2ratio
• e2ratio limitations Error messages and strange behaviour encountered with e2compr
• cannot mount: Cannot mount because of unsupported features
• filesystem full: I get the error @samp{Filesystem full}.
• I/O error: I get the error @samp{I/O Error}.
• strange data: When reading, I see strange data in my file. URLs usw. relevant to e2compr.
• e2compr home page: E2compr home page location
• maintainer contact: Contact details for e2compr maintainer
• e2fsprogs: URLs for e2fsprogs
• mailing lists: e2compr mailing lists
• DouBle reference: Reference for DouBle
• Zlibc reference Glossary
• Block size
• links Links
• What is a link: What is a link?
• locating other links: How to locate the other (hard) links to a file.
• Identify: How to identify a file with multiple links

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