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Re:Recovering Corrupt Zip Files by bell-cot on Saturday August 29, 2026 @10:58PM (#49495293)
> ... pre-allocating a large enough header space to hold ...

Isn't the point of compression is to eliminate such wastes of space?

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Re:Recovering Corrupt Zip Files by yjftsjthsd-h on Saturday August 29, 2026 @11:52PM (#49495534)
It's a trade between size and speed. If you want fast lookup, it's not a waste.
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