Difference between revisions of "ZIM file format"

ZIM file format (view source)

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 == Index pointer list ==
-The index pointer list is a list of 4 byte offsets to the directory entries. Since directory entries has variable size, this is needed for random access.
+The index pointer list is a list of 8 byte offsets to the directory entries. Since directory entries has variable size, this is needed for random access.
-Due to the fact, that these pointers are only 4 byte, the directory entries have to be in the first 4GB of the zim file. The pointers to data in the directory entries are 8 bytes, so that the zim file may be much larger than the 4GB.
 == Directory entries ==