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Or: better yet, just use an archive format for archival and a compression layer for compression. Don't use zip at all.

• Retr0id 2y ago
  What non-compressing archive format would you suggest? tar doesn't support random access which is a non-starter for many use cases.
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  • acka 2y ago
    DAR (Disk ARchiver)[1] looks to be a good alternative. It supports random access, encryption, and individual file compression within the archive. [1] http://dar.linux.free.fr/ http://dar.linux.free.fr/
    • Retr0id 2y ago
      That seems counter to GP's suggestion of doing compression at a separate layer
      • olddustytrail 2y ago
        Not really. There's no "dar compression" format. It calls different compression tools just like tar.
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        • Retr0id 2y ago
          You could say the same about ZIP (it uses deflate by default but optionally supports things like zstd)