June 02, 2008
http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=2138

           Summary: Allow more than 65535 files in Zip archives
           Product: D
           Version: 2.014
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Windows
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P3
         Component: Phobos
        AssignedTo: bugzilla@digitalmars.com
        ReportedBy: dsimcha@yahoo.com


It has come to my attention that std.zip can only read Zip files with <= 65535 files.  I understand that this is an inherent limitation of older versions of the Zip file format.

This is becoming a significant limitation for me, as I am trying to do a cluster computing project with a very large data set composed of 10s of thousands of very small files that would bog down the file system if used in unzipped form.


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