Editing ZIP (file format) (section)

==== End of central directory record (EOCD) ====
After all the central directory entries comes the end of central directory (EOCD) record, which marks the end of the ZIP file:

{|class="wikitable"
|+ End of central directory record (EOCD)
|-
! Offset !! Bytes !! Description<ref name="appnote"/>
|-
|  0 || 4 || End of central directory signature. '''Must be <code>50 4B 05 06</code>'''.
|-
|  4 || 2 || Number of this disk (or 0xffff for ZIP64)
|-
|  6 || 2 || Disk where central directory starts (or 0xffff for ZIP64)
|-
|  8 || 2 || Number of central directory records on this disk (or 0xffff for ZIP64)
|-
| 10 || 2 || Total number of central directory records (or 0xffff for ZIP64)
|-
| 12 || 4 || Size of central directory (bytes) (or 0xffffffff for ZIP64)
|-
| 16 || 4 || Offset of start of central directory, relative to start of archive (or 0xffffffff for ZIP64)
|-
| 20 || 2 || Comment length (''n'')
|-
| 22 || ''n'' || Comment
|}

This ordering allows a ZIP file to be created in one pass, but the central directory is also placed at the end of the file in order to facilitate easy removal of files from multiple-part ''(e.g. "multiple floppy-disk")'' archives, as previously discussed.