Re: python zipfile v. native unzip
On 01/31/2012 06:41 AM, Jason Friedman wrote: 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? What operating system and file system? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: python zipfile v. native unzip
On 01/31/12 07:41, Jason Friedman wrote: 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? According to: http://hg.python.org/cpython/file/5395f96588d4/Lib/zipfile.py#l669 I'm guessing that the ZIP64_LIMIT references the 2GB limit, and Python's zipfile module requires you to instantiate with zf = ZipFile(..., allosZip64=True) The ZIP64_LIMIT = (1 31) - 1 which is 2GB. It appears this was added in revision fd412a00a07d: Patch #1446489 (zipfile: support for ZIP64) which seems to have been implemented back in at least Python 2.5. -tkc -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
python zipfile v. native unzip
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? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
