Key File Meta Data

[Seijyaku]

Thank you! I really appreciate the help.

What are the "Forward freechain pointer" and "Backward freechain pointer" fields?  I assume that they hold the record number of the next /previous unused record?




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On Monday, October 7, 2019 11:19 AM, Fairlight via Filepro-list <filepro-list at lists.celestial.com> wrote:

> filePro® Key File Specifications
>
> Deleted Record Key File Format
>
> Offset Length Contents
> 0 1 "0" - deleted record
> 1 1 "0" - reserved
> 2 4 Forward freechain pointer
> 6 4 Backward freechain pointer
> 10 10 "0" - reserved
>
> Used Record Key File Format
>
> Offset Length Contents
> 0 1 "1" - used record
> 1 1 "0" - reserved
> 2 2 Creation date (@CD) - see below
> 4 2 Created by (@CB) - see below
> 6 2 Update date (@UD)
> 8 2 Updated by (@UB)
> 10 2 Batch update date (@BD)
> 12 8 "0" - reserved
>
> Notes:
>
> Dates are stored as the number of days since January 1, 1983.
>
> User ID's are stored as the user ID number from the /etc/passwd file
> (UNIX/XENIX) or as "0" (MS_DOS)
>
> m->
>
> On Mon, Oct 07, 2019 at 03:30:31PM +0000, Seijyaku via Filepro-list thus spoke:
>
> > Is there a document that describes the 20 bytes of metadata at the beginning of each record in the key file for FP 5.0.14D4?
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