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File Structure

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#21532From: John MesiavechJun 2, 1986 6:52 AM
Bela; Ok, here's the structure again *sigh*… Byte Reference Purpose —- ———— 0 | T.SHORT | Type 1 | OWN KEY | Pointer to self 2 | 0 | Highest sequence number (always 0) 3 | 0 | 4 | | 5 | CHECKSUM | Checksum for header 6 | | Beginning of hash table | | ~ ~ ~ Hash Table~ | | Size-51 | | End of table Size-50 | Spare | Size-48 | PROTECT | Protection longword (ref. all bytes) Size-47 | 0 | unused Size-46 | | | COMMENT | User comment (as BCPL string) Size-24 | | Size-23 | DAYS | Creation date/time Size-22 | MINS | Size-21 | TICKS | Size-20 | DIRNAME | Stored as BCPL string of <= 30 chars Size-4 |HASHCHAIN | Pointer to next name w/same hash value Size-3 | PARENT | Pointer to parent dir Size-2 | 0 | Extension (always 0) Size-1 | ST.USERDIR| Secondary type.