Hi Does anybody know why zip has a mad inefficient directory structure ?
I try to understand the why, but fail. A zip file, contains 1 global directory with information about every single file (flat structure, no sub directories, but filenames may contain a "/"). That is logical and expected. BUT in front of every file, there are a local file header, with filename about 3/4 of the information from the global directory. This information seems pure redundant and unneeded. What am I missing here ? on one of my test docx, the local headers are about 10% of the filesize (looong filenames) which could be thrown away. Hope somebody can see what I failed to see. rgds jan i.
