“Convert the Zipped ESRI Shapefile / Geodatabase files in my Downloads folder to ZIPX”
Or run it yourself:
filestarcli -i file.zip -c "convert to zipx"
Runs on your computer, so your files stay on it. Works on Windows, macOS and Linux. 50 free conversions with the npm install, no account needed.
Can my AI agent convert Zipped ESRI Shapefile / Geodatabase to ZIPX?
Yes. Install the Filestar CLI with npm install -g filestar and your agent can run filestarcli -i file.zip -c "convert to zipx" on your computer, so your files stay on it.
A ZIP file holding an Esri shapefile (.shp, .shx, .dbf and companions) or a file geodatabase folder, the usual way GIS vector data is downloaded and shared.
WinZip, starting with version 12.1, uses the extension .zipx for ZIP files that use compression methods newer than DEFLATE; specifically, methods BZip, LZMA, PPMd, Jpeg and Wavpack. The last 2 are applied to appropriate file types when "Best method" compression is selected.
