On 28 September 2018 at 11:01, Giorgio Garabello via Ql-Users <
ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com> wrote:

> on dbas manual i've found an alternative description of the header..
>
>    Type  Length   Name      Contents
>    2     -        LENGTH    File Length
>    1     -        TYPE      File access *256+ file type
>    2     -        DATA      Dataspace size - EXECutable type
>    2     -        OFFSET    GST Linker "OFFSET" value
>    0     36 char  NAME$     File name
>    2     -        UPDATE    Update date
>    1     -        VERSION%  Version number
>    1     -        FILE%     File number
>    2     -        BACKUP    Backup date (not used)
>
> I'm more and more confused…. :-(


The longword at $0A is spare and can be used by applications to store extra
info (it can be read using the TK2 FXTRA function).
The word at $3A is the file id used in QLWA-type container files.

There is an excellent explanation of this format by Norman Dunbar:
http://qdosmsq.dunbar-it.co.uk/doku.php?id=qdosmsq:fs:qlwa

Jan

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