@[email protected] to Showerthoughts • edit-29 hours agoMost many file types are just a renamed .zipmessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up193arrow-down120
arrow-up173arrow-down1message-squareMost many file types are just a renamed .zip@[email protected] to Showerthoughts • edit-29 hours agomessage-square37fedilink
minus-squareLostXORlinkfedilink7•6 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilink9•4 hours agotar -xzvf filename With a bad pretend accent: Xtract Zee Vucking File
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:
tar -hOr is it
tar --help? Oh no…tar -xzvf filename
With a bad pretend accent:
Xtract
Zee
Vucking
File
tar -cf stop-nuke.tar