Interstellar_1 to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-23 months agoMost many file types are just a renamed .zipmessage-squaremessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1121
arrow-up1121message-squareMost many file types are just a renamed .zipInterstellar_1 to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-23 months agomessage-square26fedilink
minus-squareAbouBenAdhem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up43·edit-23 months agoAKA “Why zip doesn’t compress things much any more”.
minus-squareLostXOR@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up15·3 months 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-squarepixeltreelinkfedilinkarrow-up21·3 months agotar -xzvf filename With a bad pretend accent: Xtract Zee Vucking File
minus-squareLostXOR@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up19·3 months agoThe cheeky option: tar -h Or is it tar --help? Oh no…
minus-squareJasonDJ@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-23 months agoMy 1.5gb log folders disagrees. But I never tried opening a .txt in 7-zip.
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,
tar -xzvf filename
With a bad pretend accent:
Xtract
Zee
Vucking
File
The cheeky option:
Or is it
tar --help? Oh no…My 1.5gb log folders disagrees. But I never tried opening a .txt in 7-zip.