Circuitscape
Add ability to read *.zip files
It would be nice to read *.zip files in addition to *.gz. The former is likely to be more commonly used by our user base.
Agree.
There is a difference between .gz and .zip though. While .gz always represents a single file, .zip is actually a container that can contain multiple files. How should we handle cases where we find more than one file in a .zip archive where we expect only one file? We can either take the first entry in the .zip file or throw an error. I think throwing an error is better than picking up the wrong file silently.
Agreed, I think throwing an error if there is anything but a single ascii grid would be best. On Jan 13, 2014 9:29 PM, "Tanmay Mohapatra" [email protected] wrote:
Agree.
There is a difference between .gz and .zip though. While .gz always represents a single file, .zip is actually a container that can contain multiple files. How should we handle cases where we find more than one file in a .zip archive where we expect only one file? We can either take the first entry in the .zip file or throw an error. I think throwing an error is better than picking up the wrong file silently.
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