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RE: java patch: read compressed archives on Alpha


On Sunday, December 10, 2000 7:30 AM, Andreas Jaeger [SMTP:aj@suse.de] wrote:
> Since "size" will now only have 32bits, a single file in the directory
> has a length of at most 4 GB. Together with filestart this means that
> it can be at most 4 GB away from the beginning of the zip file.

The 4 GB limit is mandated by the zip file format which uses 4 byte values for 
these sizes.

AG


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