[BusyBox] zlib/contrib/minizip possible replacement for bb gunzip gzip

[Glenn McGrath]

Erik Andersen wrote:
> 
> On Wed Sep 13, 2000 at 10:14:27AM +1100, Glenn McGrath wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > hmm, i miscalculated... its biger than i thought... damnit
> > >
> > > heh.  So what are the real numbers?  What went wrong?  Forgot
> > > the 60k shared lib?
> > >
> >
> > Yea, thats the one.
> >
> 
> Have you checked how large your apps become when statically linking with
> zlib?  Just curious,
> 
> > I still want to find an easy way to be able to integrate unzip with
> > other programs to tie in with ar and tar.
> >
> > it would be good if i could setup an interface like unzipFilter(srcFd,
> > newSrcFd), where the srcFd is the the compressed file and newSrcFd would
> > provide access to normal uncompressed files.
> 
> I think that writing such a function using pipes should be fairly straight
> forward.  I've been intending to get around to that some time (but I would
> be just as happy if someone beats me to it),
> 
>  -Erik
> 

Yea ok, ill try and aproach it from this angle.

Glenn