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diff --git a/tools/zipalign/README.txt b/tools/zipalign/README.txt deleted file mode 100644 index a2e1a5e..0000000 --- a/tools/zipalign/README.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,31 +0,0 @@ -zipalign -- zip archive alignment tool - -usage: zipalign [-f] [-v] <align> infile.zip outfile.zip - - -f : overwrite existing outfile.zip - -v : verbose output - <align> is in bytes, e.g. "4" provides 32-bit alignment - infile.zip is an existing Zip archive - outfile.zip will be created - - -The purpose of zipalign is to ensure that all uncompressed data starts -with a particular alignment relative to the start of the file. This -allows those portions to be accessed directly with mmap() even if they -contain binary data with alignment restrictions. - -Some data needs to be word-aligned for easy access, others might benefit -from being page-aligned. The adjustment is made by altering the size of -the "extra" field in the zip Local File Header sections. Existing data -in the "extra" fields may be altered by this process. - -Compressed data isn't very useful until it's uncompressed, so there's no -need to adjust its alignment. - -Alterations to the archive, such as renaming or deleting entries, will -potentially disrupt the alignment of the modified entry and all later -entries. Files added to an "aligned" archive will not be aligned. - -By default, zipalign will not overwrite an existing output file. With the -"-f" flag, an existing file will be overwritten. - |