Interstellar_1 to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-28 hours agoMost many file types are just a renamed .zipmessage-squaremessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up180
arrow-up180message-squareMost many file types are just a renamed .zipInterstellar_1 to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-28 hours agomessage-square20fedilink
minus-squareAbouBenAdhem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·edit-25 hours agoAKA “Why zip doesn’t compress things much any more”.
minus-squareLostXOR@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up6·5 hours agoI see images, audio, or video files distributed in zips far too often. You’re getting maybe a percent of compression if you’re lucky; just distribute the raw files or use a non-compressed bundle format like tar.
minus-squareLostXOR@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 hour agoThe cheeky option: tar -h Or is it tar --help? Oh no…
minus-squarepixeltreelinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 hours agotar -xzvf filename With a bad pretend accent: Xtract Zee Vucking File
AKA “Why zip doesn’t compress things much any more”.
I see images, audio, or video files distributed in zips far too often. You’re getting maybe a percent of compression if you’re lucky; just distribute the raw files or use a non-compressed bundle format like tar.
But then,
The cheeky option:
Or is it
tar --help? Oh no…tar -xzvf filename
With a bad pretend accent:
Xtract
Zee
Vucking
File