Comment on Most file types are just a renamed .zip
fine_sandy_bottom@lemmy.federate.cc 1 month agoWhat happens if I put an mp3 or an epub file in there with the xml? Is it still a word document?
Comment on Most file types are just a renamed .zip
fine_sandy_bottom@lemmy.federate.cc 1 month agoWhat happens if I put an mp3 or an epub file in there with the xml? Is it still a word document?
boletus@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Maybe, I was just giving an example. Like Java jar files are just zip files with other jars in them.
fine_sandy_bottom@lemmy.federate.cc 1 month ago
My point is that the formats we’re talking about define the content. Like it’s not “just a zip file” merely because it’s compressed. The format defines the data that may be included.