Abstract of INFO-MAC archived Text file 'dev/info/compactor-file-format.txt' Uploaded 05/02/1991 8227 bytes Date: Sun, 14 Apr 91 12:45:25 EDT From: Johnny Lee Subject: Compactor file format... A few people keep posting questions on this. By examining the files Compact Pro produces I was able to discern the file format which corresponds very well to the file format which Compactor's authour send out to developers. I thought you might want the file containing the file format. It contains the file format description as given by Compactor's authour and by me. It doessn't contain info on how to extract files from Compact Pro archives. If you decide not to, that's fine with me. Sorry about the first desciption (from Compact Pro's authour). Johnny ======================================================================= Date: 25-Jul-90 09:56 CDT >From: Bill Goodman [71101,204] Subj: file format Here is the information for accessing the directory information in Compactor archives which I have distributed to other developers. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - One complication with Compactor archives is that they can be segmented to span multiple disks. Each segment is a standard Macintosh file; however, you may need to give them special treatment. I believe that the only segment which will be of interest to you is the last one, because it is the one that contains the directory for the archive. Each segment begins with a segment header (DiskSegHeader). The dirOffset field gives you the offset of the directory in the file. If this is part of a multi-segment archive and this is not the last segment, dirOffset will be 0. You should skip these files since they do not contain any directory Enter command or for more! CompuServe Mail