Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-21 month agoMost many file types are just a renamed .zipmessage-squaremessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down11
arrow-up13arrow-down1message-squareMost many file types are just a renamed .zipInterstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-21 month agomessage-square24fedilink
minus-squareLostXOR@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month 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-squarepixeltree@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month 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,
tar -xzvf filename
With a bad pretend accent:
Xtract
Zee
Vucking
File
tar -cf stop-nuke.tar