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2 * \page faq QuaZip FAQ
3 *
4 * <!--
5 *
6 * \ref faq-non-QIODevice "Q. Is there any way to use QuaZipFile in Qt where you are supposed to use normal (non-zipped) file, but not through QIODevice API?"
7 * \ref faq-zip64 "Q. Can QuaZIP handle files larger than 4GB? What about zip64 standard?"
8 *
9 * \ref faq-seekable "Q. Can QuaZIP write archives to a sequential QIODevice like QTcpSocket?"
10 *
11 * -->
12 *
13 * \anchor faq-non-QIODevice Q. Is there any way to use QuaZipFile in Qt
14 * where you are supposed to use normal (non-zipped) file, but not
15 * through QIODevice API?
16 *
17 * A. Usually not. For example, if you are passing file name to some
18 * database driver (like SQLite), Qt usually just passes this name down
19 * to the 3rd-party library, which is usually does not know anything
20 * about QIODevice and therefore there is no way to pass QuaZipFile as
21 * normal file. However, if we are talking about some place where you
22 * pass file name, and then indirectly use QFile to open it, then it is
23 * a good idea to make overloaded method, which accepts a QIODevice
24 * pointer. Then you would be able to pass QuaZipFile as well as many
25 * other nice things such as QBuffer or QProcess.
26 *
27 * \anchor faq-zip64 Q. Can QuaZIP handle files larger than 4GB? What
28 * about zip64 standard?
29 *
30 * A. Starting with version 0.6, QuaZIP uses Minizip 1.1 with zip64
31 * support which should handle large files perfectly. The zip64 support
32 * in Minizip looks like it's not 100% conforming to the standard, but
33 * 3rd party tools seem to have no problem with the resulting archives.
34 *
35 * \anchor faq-seekable Q. Can QuaZIP write archives to a sequential QIODevice like QTcpSocket?
36 *
37 * A. Not yet. It is not supported by vanilla Minizip (the back-end
38 * QuaZIP uses), although theoretically possible according to the ZIP
39 * standard. It would require some Minizip modifications that would
40 * allow it to detect non-seekable I/O and produce necessary output
41 * structures. QuaZIP already writes data descriptor which is necessary
42 * for non-seekable I/O. The only thing that is apparently left is to
43 * make Minizip fill local headers with correct values and forget about
44 * seeking after closing the file.
45 **/
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