By empty, I mean it didn't actually contain any actual data, just zeros. That's why it's being compressed that much. I embedded the file into the Go code using the standard embed directive.
``` package main import _ "embed" //go:embed .empty var data []byte ``` On Friday, 16 December 2022 at 01:15:48 UTC+3:30 kra...@skepticism.us wrote: > Please clarify what you mean by "embedded an empty 100MB file". What > does "empty" mean and how did you "embed" it? Can you show us an example of > what you're trying to do (obviously replacing the 100MB of "empty" with a > placeholder). > > On Thu, Dec 15, 2022 at 10:58 AM Aurora <aurora...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I've embedded an empty 100MB file in my Go code, for some testing >> purposes. >> When I run 'go build', the binary output would be something around 20MB. >> >> I want the output binary to be more than 100MB, its real size. >> >> How's this compression being applied to the binary? >> How to disable all such optimisations? >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "golang-nuts" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to golang-nuts...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/344ddfba-aea4-4631-b283-202a967f4b02n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/344ddfba-aea4-4631-b283-202a967f4b02n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > > > -- > Kurtis Rader > Caretaker of the exceptional canines Junior and Hank > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/9101f98a-52bc-44dc-bb30-c9b81a8c194bn%40googlegroups.com.
