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From: rcb@rti.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms,comp.sys.dec,comp.org.decus
Subject: Re: .. and VMS .DIR file entries
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Date: Mon, 15-Jun-87 11:56:31 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jun 15 11:56:31 1987
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The following is the specification of a directory file format:

	2 bytes - Maximum number of versions (usually 32767)
	1 byte  - Null spacer
	1 byte  - Length of name
	n bytes - Name with possibly a null byte after to realign to a 
			word boundry.
	
	repeat the next section for each version of the file until the
	end of the record:
		
		2 bytes - version number
		6 bytes - FID number (3 2byte numbers)

Hope this helps.
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