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Re: why zip64_limit defined as 1<<31 -1?

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Date Thu, 29 Jan 2015 08:36:48 +1100
Subject Re: why zip64_limit defined as 1<<31 -1?
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On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 5:53 AM, jesse <chat2jesse@gmail.com> wrote:
> should not it be 1<<32 -1(4g)?
>
> normal zip archive format should be able to support 4g file.
>
> thanks

1<<31-1 is the limit for a signed 32-bit integer. You'd have to look
into the details of the zip file format to see whether that's the
official limit or not; it might simply be that some (un)archivers have
problems with >2GB files, even if the official stance is that it's
unsigned.

ChrisA

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Re: why zip64_limit defined as 1<<31 -1? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-01-29 08:36 +1100

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