On Mon, 12 Feb 2001 23:09:39 -0600 (CST) Matt Stegman <mas9483@ksu.edu> wrote:
>Is there any kernel patch that would allow Linux to properly recognize,
>and execute gzipped executables?
>
>I know I could use binfmt_misc to run a wrapper script:
>
> decompress to /tmp/prog.decompressed
> execute /tmp/prog.decompressed
> rm /tmp/prog.decompressed
>
>But that's not as clean, secure, or fast as the kernel transparently
>decompressing & executing. Is there a better way to do this?
Perhaps you could put it in the filesystem. Look at the "chattr" manpage, which
shows how this is meant to work with ext2. It seems not to have been implemented
yet. This way you could also compress any files, not just executables.
Ketil
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