gzip_static - any way to not have to store two files?

[Maxim Dounin]

Hello!

On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 07:43:37PM -0500, arianna wrote:

> right now we have to store two files - compressed and 
> uncompressed.  couldn't nginx just read compressed file from 
> filesystem and uncompress on the fly and send?

Out of the box - currently no.

You may do this with gunzip filter and gzip_static always patch, 
see here:

http://nginx.org/pipermail/nginx/2009-December/017837.html
http://nginx.org/pipermail/nginx-devel/2009-December/000064.html

Maxim Dounin