PACKFILE (Brad Smith)
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PACKFILE, or Brad Smith's PACKFILE, is a simple archiving format. As of v1.0, the only known version, it does not support compression.
The utility associated with the format is named PACKFILE Packer (PACKER.EXE). It is a menu-driven DOS program.
[edit] Identification
Files start with bytes (hex) 50 46 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00, which starts with ASCII "PF".
[edit] Specifications
- Refer to the format.txt file included with the software.
[edit] Software
- [1] → packfile.zip (DOS binary + source code)
- Another copy: FTP Site ftp.srk.fer.hr → pub/msdos/programming/libs/packfile.zip
