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Zip is just a file format, it supports multiple compression algorithms. You can put any compression algorithm in a zip implementation. I mentioned it because it
by grizzles 7y ago
Zip is just a file format, it supports multiple compression algorithms. You can put any compression algorithm in a zip implementation. I mentioned it because it's the oldest and most well known.
The parent would probably be best off using one of the specialty genomics compression tools, that's why I linked to them.
- ncmncm 7y agoOK, I was really comparing to zstd and lz4 to gzip, which was the original algorithm in zip, and the one most people still use. Clearly, if you can plug better algorithms into Zip, you should, providing the Zip archive format is still good enough.
- etaioinshrdlu 7y agoI thought ZIP files only supported a bunch of old algorithms like deflate. Maybe you can make an exotic zip file with zstd but doubt there are any tools that will understand it.
- skylanh 7y agoVersion 6.3.3 from the Library of Congress - https://www.loc.gov/preservation/digital/formats/digformatspecs/APPNOTE%2820120901%29_Version_6.3.3.txt https://www.loc.gov/preservation/digital/formats/digformatsp... Writeup on zip file Appnotes: https://entropymine.wordpress.com/2019/08/22/survey-of-zip-appnote-documents/ https://entropymine.wordpress.com/2019/08/22/survey-of-zip-a... Actual PKWare AppNotes: https://support.pkware.com/display/PKZIP/Application+Note+Archives https://support.pkware.com/display/PKZIP/Application+Note+Ar... Section 4.4.5 is "compression method"