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  • Decompress gzip file in place but I don't know if it would work with zip and even with gzip this method is unsafe. Probably very unsafe with zip since its not a streaming format Commented Nov 12, 2023 at 14:14
  • Oh, it's about downloading... if the server supports resume / offset / range you could probably cheese it with some flavor of fuse httpfs like simple-httpfs and only download the requested segments (and not store the zip file locally at all) Commented Nov 12, 2023 at 14:21
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    @frostschutz I found out a similar answer suggesting your approach here and it sounds like it could work, I will be sure to give it a try and report back here. Commented Nov 12, 2023 at 17:30
  • @frostschutz, the example you give is for archive with one compressed file (gz) I have my doubts this will work with multyfile structure as zip Commented Nov 12, 2023 at 17:37
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    @RomeoNinov I don't have much money at the moment and I don't have many uses for external storage besides this situation. Commented Nov 13, 2023 at 6:27