On Gwe, 2004-09-03 at 00:49, Spam wrote:

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  But can you actually do things with these files? Can you run
  applications or edit files directly, or is there need for temporary
  unzip first?

You always need that for zip files. Firstly because executables are
paged so you need an accessible random access copy of the bits. Secondly
because data may be paged, and also for seek performance.

  Yes, some archive types can't be partially unzipped either. But my
  point is that it wouldn't be transparent to the application/user in
  the same way.

  ~S