[Info-vax] ZIP and UNZIP maximum file size

[JF Mezei]

Steven Schweda wrote:

>    Would you also assume that the archive format adds no
> additional limitations?  Some (tar, Zip, ...) do add them.

In what way does ZIP have file size limitation in terms of its format ?
is there a catalogue at the begining which points to file offsets or
contains 32 bit values for individual file sizes ?


>    That might be true if file offsets were pointers, but
> they're not.

Sorry, I didn't mean "pointer" in the sense of a memory pointer. I guess
the word "offset" is more appropriate. (but it is a still a pointer to
some location in a file, but not a pointer to memory).