Generating a Zip 2.0 file that's (just under) 8GiB

make_8gb_legacy_zip.py

# Often it's claimed that a Zip 2.0 file cannot be bigger than 4GiB
# Here's how to make one that's just under 8GiB
from datetime import datetime
from stream_zip import stream_zip, ZIP_32

now = datetime.now()
perms = 0o600

def files():
    for i in range(0, 0xffff):
        yield str(i).zfill(5) + '-' * 65484, now, perms, ZIP_32, (b'',)

with open('8gb.zip', 'wb') as f:
    for chunk in stream_zip(files()):
        f.write(chunk)