I have a zip file created by the zip command in Ubuntu and updated by the Archive Manager included in Ubuntu.
I was trying to read the members of that archive using PERL as follows:

    use strict;
    use Archive::Zip qw( :ERROR_CODES :CONSTANTS );
       
       
    my $zip = Archive::Zip->new();
    unless ($zip->read('/home/mohamad/Desktop/VM/vm.zip') == AZ_OK ){
        die 'read error';
        }
       
    my @files = $zip->memberNames();
    print join("\n" , @files) ."\n";
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This zip file is about 12 GB and I know that this module has the limitation of zipping no more than 4 GB, but I am trying to see if it can at least be used to access the members of a a +4GB archive. here is the error I am getting:

at /usr/share/perl5/Archive/Zip.pm line 477.  
     Archive::Zip::_readSignature('IO::File=GLOB(0xb75ae8)',  
'/home/mohamad/Desktop/VM/vm.zip') called at  
/usr/share/perl5/Archive/Zip/Archive.pm line 603    
     Archive::Zip::Archive::readFromFileHandle('Archive::Zip::Archive=
+HASH(0xb75c20)',  
'IO::File=GLOB(0xb75ae8)', '/home/mohamad/Desktop/VM/vm.zip') called  
at /usr/share/perl5/Archive/Zip/Archive.pm line 548  
     Archive::Zip::Archive::read('Archive::Zip::Archive=HASH(0xb75c20)
+',  
'/home/mohamad/Desktop/VM/vm.zip') called at test.pm line 6 read error
+ at test.pm line 7.
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my questions are:

• Is this error the result of a having a + 4GB zip file and due to the module limitation , or it is something else ?
• if this is due to the 4 GB limitation, what other modules can provide the same functionality ?
what I really need from Archive::Zip is the ability to rename file members inside the Archive. Thank you for help.

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In reply to Archive::Zip error when reading a zip file format error: bad signature by mhd.tahawi

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