<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Well if strings returned some ascii
data it isn't a compress file of any type, other wise it would have compressed
it.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Do some Google searches on the file
name and other keywords like GEMPAK from the output.</font>
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<br><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Sent by: cialug-bounces@cialug.org</font>
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<br><font size=2><tt>Not a ZIP.. Doesn't have the PK header. I tried LZH
also, but no go.<br>
File has no idea (just says data) Strings returns the following:<br>
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http://code0.net/~jcbailey/appcfg.dat<br>
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http://code0.net/~jcbailey/appcfg.da~<br>
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APPCFG.DAT<br>
# App<br>
lication<br>
figur<br>
a Fil<br>
NOTE:<br>
_Name8<br>
is the<br>
8-cha<br>
er a<br>
used by<br>
GemReg.<br>
PxIf<br>
t pre<br>
gnta,Pm e@C<br>
"GEMPAK<br>
" do<br>
ak (`x<br>
#gool<br>
dg@)<br>
V1qY2<br>
L1234567<br>
zaFp<br>
AMO<br>
ql 0<br>
9/27/99<br>
lOpSy<br>
FILES<br>
Wm/d<br>
/ebc<br>
ompB(<br>
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The uncompressed version:<br>
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#<br>
# Application Configuration Data File<br>
#<br>
# NOTE: Appl_Name8 is the 8-character application name used by GemReg.<br>
# If its not present, GemReg uses the first
8 characters of<br>
# Appl_Name, which can get ugly -- "GEMPAK
-" does not make<br>
# a good application name; hence the creation
of Appl_Name8. dg<br>
#<br>
#<br>
# 1
2<br>
# 1234567890123456789012<br>
#<br>
#<br>
Appl_Name =AMOPAK Rel 09/27/99<br>
Appl_Name8=AMOPAK<br>
Appl_Ver =3.05.02<br>
OpSys_Ver =2.5.12<br>
TEMPFILES =200<br>
RAMFILES =500<br>
Util_01 =/ram/deldir.ldm<br>
Util_02 =/hd/rads/sys/ebcomp.ldm<br>
[[Garbage Below Here]]<br>
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On Mon, 2005-08-08 at 15:53 -0500, Morris Dovey wrote:<br>
> ---- Original Message ----<br>
> From: Jonathan Bailey<br>
> To: cialug@cialug.org<br>
> Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 3:03 PM<br>
> Subject: [Cialug] Determining File Format<br>
> <br>
> | I'm attempting to determine the compression format. I'm guessing<br>
> | it's pretty old (circa 90). The file extension is 'xx~' where xx
is<br>
> | the first 2 letters of the extension. I have an example compressed<br>
> | and uncompressed file, but cannot determine the format. It's not<br>
> | compress or gzip. Anybody have any idea based on file extension?
If<br>
> | you need an example file, I can post one online (I only have the<br>
> | before and after - no compression program).<br>
> <br>
> Jonathan...<br>
> <br>
> You might give LZH and Phil Katz's PKUNZIP (MS-DOS utilities) a try.<br>
> LZH was also available on some *nix systems, if I recall correctly.<br>
> <br>
> Morris Dovey<br>
> DeSoto Solar<br>
> DeSoto, Iowa USA<br>
> http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/solar.html<br>
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