Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site wateng.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!wateng!broehl From: broehl@wateng.UUCP (Bernie Roehl) Newsgroups: net.micro.pc Subject: Backup file formats Message-ID: <1845@wateng.UUCP> Date: Wed, 9-Jan-85 20:38:53 EST Article-I.D.: wateng.1845 Posted: Wed Jan 9 20:38:53 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 10-Jan-85 07:11:06 EST Distribution: net Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 18 < crunch, crunch... > Does anyone out there know the format of MS-DOS backup diskettes? I've figured out the obvious stuff (i.e. that there's a file called BACKUPID.@@@ on the disk, that that file's 128 bytes long and contains some representation of the date, that the backup-up files have 128 bytes set aside at the start (with the original path name starting at the fifth byte), etc) but am looking for specifics. I'd eventually like to be able to write a utility that let's me see the original path names of backed-up files (easy) and let's me restore them (trickier, especially since one file may be split across many diskettes). Anyone out there at Microsoft able to provide any information? Thanks in advance. -- -Bernie Roehl (University of Waterloo) ...decvax!watmath!wateng!broehl