Squash (RISC OS) - Revision history

Dexvertbot: Change telparia.com samples link to template

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Change telparia.com samples link to template

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‎Sample files

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‎Format

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‎Format

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 == Sample files ==
 * http://www.arcade-bbs.net/filepages/file77.htm → {{ArcadeBBSLink|078954|Time1}}, {{ArcadeBBSLink|073941|WATERFALL}}
-* https://telparia.com/fileFormatSamples/archive/squash/
+* {{DexvertSamples|archive/squash}}
 == References ==

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 == Sample files ==
-* http://www.arcade-bbs.net/filepages/file77.htm → [ftp://www.arcade-bbs.net/data/077500/078950/078954 Time1], [ftp://www.arcade-bbs.net/data/072500/073900/073941 WATERFALL]
+* http://www.arcade-bbs.net/filepages/file77.htm → {{ArcadeBBSLink|078954|Time1}}, {{ArcadeBBSLink|073941|WATERFALL}}
 * https://telparia.com/fileFormatSamples/archive/squash/

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 == Sample files ==
 * http://www.arcade-bbs.net/filepages/file77.htm → [ftp://www.arcade-bbs.net/data/077500/078950/078954 Time1], [ftp://www.arcade-bbs.net/data/072500/073900/073941 WATERFALL]
 == References ==

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 |subcat=Compression
 }}
 '''Squash''' files ([[RISC OS filetype|file type]] FCA, Squash) contain compressed data for single files on RISC OS systems.
 The [[file command]] calls this format "squished".
-== Format ==
+== Format details ==
 According to the help text for the Squash application, "The Squash module currently compresses using a 12-bit LZW algorithm but no guarantee is made that this will be so in the future."
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 As with a number of data formats related to filing systems on RISC OS, the load and execution addresses are actually used to hold the [[RISC OS filetype|file type]] and date stamp of the original file.
-The remaining data in the file (from offset 20 to the end) can be decompressed using gunzip. One way to do this is to run the following in a bash shell:
+The remaining data in the file (from offset 20 to the end) is in [[compress]] format, and can be decompressed using gunzip. One way to do this is to run the following in a bash shell:
    dd if=input_file skip=20 bs=1 | gunzip -c - > output_file
 == Sample files ==

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 == Overview ==
-Squash files (file type FCA, Squash) contain compressed data for single files on RISC OS systems.
+'''Squash''' files ([[RISC OS filetype|file type]] FCA, Squash) contain compressed data for single files on RISC OS systems.
 The [[file command]] calls this format "squished".
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 |}
-As with a number of data formats related to filing systems on RISC OS, the load and execution addresses are actually used to hold the file type and date stamp of the original file.
+As with a number of data formats related to filing systems on RISC OS, the load and execution addresses are actually used to hold the [[RISC OS filetype|file type]] and date stamp of the original file.
 The remaining data in the file (from offset 20 to the end) can be decompressed using gunzip. One way to do this is to run the following in a bash shell:
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 * [http://acorn.riscos.com/riscos3/35/35DiscImage/Apps/!Squash/!Help Help file] for the Squash application
 * [http://acorn.riscos.com/riscos3/37/37DiscImage/Manuals/Manual/BOOK2AB/E_18.HTM Manual page] in the RISC OS 3.7 user guide
 [[Category:RISC OS]]

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	As with a number of data formats related to filing systems on RISC OS, the load and execution addresses are actually used to hold the file type and date stamp of the original file.		As with a number of data formats related to filing systems on RISC OS, the load and execution addresses are actually used to hold the file type and date stamp of the original file.
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		+	The remaining data in the file (from offset 20 to the end) can be decompressed using gunzip.

	== Sample files ==		== Sample files ==

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	* [http://acorn.riscos.com/riscos3/37/37DiscImage/Manuals/Manual/BOOK2AB/E_18.HTM Manual page] in the RISC OS 3.7 user guide		* [http://acorn.riscos.com/riscos3/37/37DiscImage/Manuals/Manual/BOOK2AB/E_18.HTM Manual page] in the RISC OS 3.7 user guide
	* [http://mdfs.net/Docs/Comp/Acorn/Filetypes The Unofficial Acorn Filetypes List]		* [http://mdfs.net/Docs/Comp/Acorn/Filetypes The Unofficial Acorn Filetypes List]
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		+	[[Category:RISC OS]]