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python zipfile v. native unzip

Date	2012-01-31 13:41 +0000
Subject	python zipfile v. native unzip
From	Jason Friedman <jason@powerpull.net>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
Message-ID	<mailman.5241.1328017293.27778.python-list@python.org> (permalink)

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Does Python 2.7's zipfile module use its own algorithm or does it
leverage the zip/unzip libraries that exist on the host?  I ask
because my host's native unzip program cannot handle files that, when
unzipped, are larger than 2GB.  Will using Python 2.7 get around this
limitation?

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python zipfile v. native unzip Jason Friedman <jason@powerpull.net> - 2012-01-31 13:41 +0000

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