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Q: How do extraction programs work? How do they choose which files to extract first?

I extracted a zip file from Google Drive using an online extension. I was a bit surprised when the files came out to a mostly alphabetical order. I downloaded the files in an alphabetical order. So I tried to extract the files again locally from my computer. And again they came out to a mostly alphabetical, but different order. Why is that?

starball
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  • 7
  • 43
  • 238
MadMoxon
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    they are extracted in the same order they are added to the archive in, which depends on what program created the archive. – dandavis Nov 11 '22 at 23:20
  • Related: [Order of extract-files when extracting more than one file](https://sourceforge.net/p/sevenzip/discussion/45798/thread/db363bf2/), [Specify an order while unzipping files](https://stackoverflow.com/q/11449826/13253010) – thedemons Nov 11 '22 at 23:20
  • What do you mean by "came out in ... order"? – rainbow.gekota Nov 17 '22 at 05:19

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