[delphizip] Re: Temp file and limitations

  • From: Roger Aelbrecht <Roger.Aelbrecht@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: delphizip@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:29:59 +0100

Vincent MORIAUX wrote:
> Roger Aelbrecht wrote:
>> Vincent MORIAUX wrote:
>>   
>>> Hi again,
>>>
>>>
>>> I've two issues zipping (no compression) more than 400GB of data from 
>>> and to a network share:
>>>     * The ZIP is created locally in the temp directory before been moved 
>>> to the final destination. Is there a way to forbid the temp file step ?
>>>     * The ZIP created ZIP file size is only 4GB and contain only a small 
>>> part of the source files. Is there a limitation to ZIP file size ? Is 
>>> there a solution to that ?
>>>
>>> I'm using latest TZipMaster and DLL (v1.79)
>>>
>>> Thanks
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>>>     
>> 1.
>> Using the temp file is done by design, it simply makes it work faster, 
>> if network share access is needed for every write operation it would 
>> take too long ( and there are many write operations)
>>
>> 2.
>> Yes there is a limit of 4GB on the size of the zip file.
>>
>> To work with larger files you have to wait until the next version of 
>> ZipMaster that includes Z to overcome the file limitation
>>
>>
>>   
> Thank you for your help Robert.
> Do you know if this new version is going to be released soon or should I 
> look for an alternative ?
> Anyway you guys did a great work with these DLL and components.
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There is not a fixed plan for the release but we hope to release within 
a few months.

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Roger Aelbrecht


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