ZipFS: Using ZIP files as virtual directories


	ZipFS: Using ZIP files as virtual directories

travislaborde

5-15-2008 7:36 AM

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programming, asp.net

travislaborde says:

not actual IIS virtual directories, mind you... much cooler than that

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