func readDataDescriptor()

in reader.go [456:493]


func readDataDescriptor(r io.Reader, f *File) error {
	var buf [dataDescriptorLen]byte
	// The spec says: "Although not originally assigned a
	// signature, the value 0x08074b50 has commonly been adopted
	// as a signature value for the data descriptor record.
	// Implementers should be aware that ZIP files may be
	// encountered with or without this signature marking data
	// descriptors and should account for either case when reading
	// ZIP files to ensure compatibility."
	//
	// dataDescriptorLen includes the size of the signature but
	// first read just those 4 bytes to see if it exists.
	if _, err := io.ReadFull(r, buf[:4]); err != nil {
		return err
	}
	off := 0
	maybeSig := readBuf(buf[:4])
	if maybeSig.uint32() != dataDescriptorSignature {
		// No data descriptor signature. Keep these four
		// bytes.
		off += 4
	}
	if _, err := io.ReadFull(r, buf[off:12]); err != nil {
		return err
	}
	b := readBuf(buf[:12])
	if b.uint32() != f.CRC32 {
		return ErrChecksum
	}

	// The two sizes that follow here can be either 32 bits or 64 bits
	// but the spec is not very clear on this and different
	// interpretations has been made causing incompatibilities. We
	// already have the sizes from the central directory so we can
	// just ignore these.

	return nil
}