Device driver for accessing computer files
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May 25, 1999
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May 8, 1996
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May 8, 1996
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A computer device driver for accessing compressed files held in archives in a memory device, the device driver comprising: means for reading a compressed file from an archive in the memory device, decompressing the file in RAM and retaining the decompressed file in RAM in whole or in part so that operations to the memory device can be performed on the decompressed file by the operating system without having first to write the decompressed file to the memory device. The device driver also comprises means for accessing the file in said RAM and changing the contents of the file; and for returning the file to the archive in said memory device.
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