Re: Deciphering a Save file

[Rob Berendt <rob@xxxxxxxxx>]

Simon,

This is what we are trying to accomplish:
> > We searched the archives on how to undelete records in a
> > file and saw the tip on how to retrieve it from a save
> > file.



>
> Hello Rob,
>
> AFAIK the format of a save file is not externally documented.  Each record
is 512 bytes long
> including 4-bytes (??) of checksum data.  You would need to reverse
engineer the structure.  Be
> aware that the structure can change from one release to another.  What are
you trying to
> accomplish?  I assume you need to do this because you have a savefile that
can't be restored
> and you need the data from a file that is saved in the save file.  There
is the QSRLSAVF API
> that will return a list of the contents of the save file and is release
independent.
>
> Regards,
> Simon Coulter.
>
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> > Date: Fri, 30 Jul 99 08:42:19 -0500
> > From: "Rob Berendt" <rob@dekko.com>
> > To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> > Reply-To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> > Subject: Deciphering a Save file
>
> >
> > << Personal Stationery >>
> > Header  :
> >
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> > We searched the archives on how to undelete records in a
> > file and saw the tip on how to retrieve it from a save
> > file.
> > Thank you very much.  My question is can a save file be
> > analyzed much the same as a list API?  Are there offsets to
> > objects and stuff like that?  Namely we wanted to determine
> > the offset to the start of the data of a file stored within
> > the save file.  Also the length of each record.  RTFM
> > answers
> > are acceptable if pointed to the proper place.
> >
> >
> > Rob Berendt, CCP
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> > Fax:  219-349-2005
> > email:  rob@dekko.com
>


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