[lug] How to Unzip a 4GB ZIP File?

[bgiles at coyotesong.com]

> On 8/14/07, bgiles at coyotesong.com <bgiles at coyotesong.com> wrote:
>>
>> It's been a while since I looked at the spec, but I thought zip (like
>> most? archive formats), used 32 bits for file sizes and offsets.  The
>> compressor might be using nonstandard extensions to the format.
>
> There _appears_ to be a standard extension by the name of "zip64", and
> p7zip supports it. That's why I _think_ it can handle Bill's file.

Yeah, after a moment I remembered there is a 64-bit extensions.  IIRC it
was after a fork between the usual open ZIP implementations and the
commercial one.