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<DIV><SPAN class=062095321-08082005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>is it
rot 13?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> John.Lengeling@radisys.com
[mailto:John.Lengeling@radisys.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, August 08, 2005
4:51 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Central Iowa Linux Users Group<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re:
[Cialug] Determining File Format<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><BR><FONT face=sans-serif
size=2>Well if strings returned some ascii data it isn't a compress file of any
type, other wise it would have compressed it.</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT
face=sans-serif size=2>Do some Google searches on the file name and other
keywords like GEMPAK from the output.</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif
size=2>johnl</FONT> <BR><BR><BR><BR>
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<TD width="40%"><FONT face=sans-serif size=1><B>Jonathan Bailey
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size=1>Sent by: cialug-bounces@cialug.org</FONT>
<P><FONT face=sans-serif size=1>08/08/2005 04:25 PM</FONT>
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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><BR>http://code0.net/~jcbailey/appcfg.dat<BR><BR>http://code0.net/~jcbailey/appcfg.da~<BR><BR><BR>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><BR><BR>The
uncompressed version:<BR><BR>#<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><BR><BR><BR><BR>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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