[SciPy-User] Maximum file size for .npz format?

[Stéfan van der Walt]

On 11 March 2010 17:48, Robert Kern <robert.kern at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I can't open it with the normal zip utility present on the system, but it
>> could be that it's barfing about files being larger than 2Gb.
>> Is there some file limit for npzs?
>
> Yes, the ZIP file format has a 4GB limit. Unfortunately, Python does
> not yet support the ZIP64 format.

I see Bruce dug up  http://projects.scipy.org/numpy/ticket/991.  Is
this the right route to go, or do we need a more sophisticated
solution?

Regards
Stéfan