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[jira] [Commented] (COMPRESS-211) handle zip extra field 0x7875 - Info Zip New Unix Extra Field

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Julius Davies commented on COMPRESS-211:
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I've almost got a patch ready for this.   I will probably upload it tomorrow.   (Just sending a little ping in case anyone else is working on it!)
                
> handle zip extra field 0x7875 - Info Zip New Unix Extra Field
> -------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: COMPRESS-211
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COMPRESS-211
>             Project: Commons Compress
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: Archivers
>            Reporter: Julius Davies
>            Priority: Minor
>
> From Info Zip (zip-3.0)'s source archive (proginfo/extrafld.txt):
>          -Info-ZIP New Unix Extra Field:
>           ====================================
>           Currently stores Unix UIDs/GIDs up to 32 bits.
>           (Last Revision 20080509)
>           Value         Size        Description
>           -----         ----        -----------
>   (UnixN) 0x7875        Short       tag for this extra block type ("ux")
>           TSize         Short       total data size for this block
>           Version       1 byte      version of this extra field, currently 1
>           UIDSize       1 byte      Size of UID field
>           UID           Variable    UID for this entry
>           GIDSize       1 byte      Size of GID field
>           GID           Variable    GID for this entry

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