GDAL-VSI-SOZIP(1) GDAL GDAL-VSI-SOZIP(1) (NAME) gdal-vsi-sozip - SOZIP ( ZIP ) 3.11. (DESCRIPTION) gdal vsi sozip : o SOZip (Seek-Optimized ZIP) o ZIP/SOZip o ZIP/SOZip o SOZip o Zip SOZip (SYNOPSIS) Usage: gdal vsi sozip [OPTIONS] where is one of: - create: Create a Seek-optimized ZIP (SOZIP) file. - list: List content of a ZIP file, with SOZIP related information. - optimize: Create a Seek-optimized ZIP (SOZIP) file from a regular ZIP file. - validate: Validate a ZIP file, possibly using SOZIP optimization. Common Options: -h, --help Display help message and exit --json-usage Display usage as JSON document and exit --config = Configuration option [may be repeated] GDAL VSI SOZIP CREATE (Description) zip . (Synopsis) Usage: gdal vsi sozip create [OPTIONS] Create a Seek-optimized ZIP (SOZIP) file. Positional arguments: -i, --input Input filenames [may be repeated] [required] -o, --output Output ZIP filename [required] Common Options: -h, --help Display help message and exit --json-usage Display usage as JSON document and exit --config = Configuration option [may be repeated] -q, --quiet Quiet mode (no progress bar or warning message) [not available in pipelines] Options: --overwrite Whether overwriting existing output dataset is allowed -r, --recursive Travels the directory structure of the specified directories recursively -j, --junk-paths, --no-paths Store just the name of a saved file, and do not store directory names --enable-sozip Whether to automatically/systematically/never apply the SOZIP optimization. ENABLE-SOZIP=auto|yes|no (default: auto) --sozip-chunk-size Chunk size for a seek-optimized file (default: 32768) --sozip-min-file-size Minimum file size to decide if a file should be seek-optimized (default: 1 MB) --content-type Store the Content-Type of the file being added. (Options) -i, --input . . . -o, --output ZIP . . .zip . --overwrite . -r, --recursive . -j, --junk-paths, --no-paths ( ) . sozip ( ) . --enable-sozip auto|yes|no auto (seek-optimized) --sozip-min-file-size . yes . no . --sozip-chunk-size (Chunk size) . 32768 . K M ( ) . --sozip-min-file-size --enable-sozip=auto. 1 . K M G ( ) . --content-type (Content-Type) - 'KV' (0x564b) - . -q, --quiet ( ). (Multithreading) GDAL_NUM_THREADS ALL_CPUS SOZip . ALL_CPUS . (Examples) : ZIP my.gpkg gdal vsi sozip create my.gpkg my.gpkg.zip : ZIP : gdal vsi sozip create -r source_dir/ my.gpkg.zip GDAL VSI SOZIP OPTIMIZE (Description) zip SOZip. (Synopsis) Usage: gdal vsi sozip optimize [OPTIONS] Create a Seek-optimized ZIP (SOZIP) file from a regular ZIP file. Positional arguments: -i, --input Input ZIP filename [required] -o, --output Output ZIP filename [required] Common Options: -h, --help Display help message and exit --json-usage Display usage as JSON document and exit --config = Configuration option [may be repeated] -q, --quiet Quiet mode (no progress bar or warning message) [not available in pipelines] Options: --overwrite Whether overwriting existing output dataset is allowed --enable-sozip Whether to automatically/systematically/never apply the SOZIP optimization. ENABLE-SOZIP=auto|yes|no (default: auto) --sozip-chunk-size Chunk size for a seek-optimized file (default: 32768) --sozip-min-file-size Minimum file size to decide if a file should be seek-optimized (default: 1 MB) (Options) -i, --input ZIP . . -o, --output ZIP . . .zip . --overwrite . --enable-sozip auto|yes|no auto (seek-optimized) --sozip-chunk-size . yes . no . --sozip-chunk-size (Chunk size) . 32768 . K M . --sozip-min-file-size --enable-sozip=auto. 1 . K M G . -q, --quiet ( ). (Multithreading) GDAL_NUM_THREADS ALL_CPUS SOZip . ALL_CPUS . (Examples) : ZIP sozip_optimized.zip ZIP in.zip. gdal vsi sozip optimize in.zip sozip_optimized.zip GDAL VSI SOZIP LIST (Description) zip Info-ZIP unzip . (Synopsis) Usage: gdal vsi sozip list [OPTIONS] List content of a ZIP file, with SOZIP related information. Positional arguments: -i, --input Input ZIP filename [required] Common Options: -h, --help Display help message and exit --json-usage Display usage as JSON document and exit --config = Configuration option [may be repeated] (Options) -i, --input ZIP . . (Examples) : my.zip. gdal vsi sozip list my.zip GDAL VSI SOZIP VALIDATE (Description) SOZip . ZIP ZIP ZIP InfoZIP GDAL . SOZip . (Synopsis) Usage: gdal vsi sozip list [OPTIONS] List content of a ZIP file, with SOZIP related information. Positional arguments: -i, --input Input ZIP filename [required] Common Options: -h, --help Display help message and exit --json-usage Display usage as JSON document and exit --config = Configuration option [may be repeated] (Options) -i, --input ZIP . . -q, --quiet ( ). -v, --verbose (verbose). (RETURN STATUS CODE) 0 ( ). (Examples) : my.zip. gdal vsi sozip validate my.zip (AUTHOR) Even Rouault (COPYRIGHT) 1998-2026 August 18, 2026 GDAL-VSI-SOZIP(1)