Add ability to read *.zip files

[bmcrae]

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.

[tanmaykm]

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.

[bmcrae]

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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