diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..960642c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+*.zip
+*~
+readzip
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..00634cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+module readzip
+
+go 1.21.6
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
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index 0000000..3ad7ff0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main.go
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+package main
+
+import (
+	"archive/zip"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+)
+
+func main() {
+
+	rdr, err := os.Open("bigfile.zip")
+	if err != nil {
+		panic("failed to open file: " + err.Error())
+	}
+
+	finfo, err := rdr.Stat()
+	if err != nil {
+		panic("failed to read file info: " + err.Error())
+	}
+
+	zrdr, err := zip.NewReader(rdr, finfo.Size())
+	if err != nil {
+		panic("failed to open a zip reader: " + err.Error())
+	}
+
+	for _, f := range zrdr.File {
+		fmt.Println(f.FileInfo())
+	}
+}