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- --------A-ZIP-------------------------------
-
- The ZIP archives are created by the PkZIP/PkUnZIP combo produced by the
- PkWare company. The PkZIP programs have with LHArc and ARJ the best
- compression. The directory information is stored at the end of the
- archive, each local file in the archive begins with the following
- header; This header can be used to identify a ZIP file as such :
-
- OFFSET Count TYPE Description
- 0000h 4 char ID='PK',03,04
- 0004h 1 word Version needed to extract archive
- 0006h 1 word General purpose bit field (bit mapped)
- 0 - file is encrypted
- 1 - 8K/4K sliding dictionary used
- 2 - 3/2 Shannon-Fano trees were used
- 3-4 - unused
- 5-15 - used internally by ZIP
- Note: Bits 1 and 2 are undefined if the
- compression method is other than
- type 6 (Imploding).
- 0008h 1 word Compression method (see table 0010)
- 000Ah 1 dword Original DOS file date/time
- 000Eh 1 dword 32-bit CRC of file (inverse??)
- 0012h 1 dword Compressed file size
- 0016h 1 dword Uncompressed file size
- 001Ah 1 word Length of filename
- ="LEN"
- 001Ch 1 word Length of extra field
- ="XLN"
- 001Eh "LEN" char path/filename
- 001Eh "XLN" char extra field
- +"LEN"
-
- After all the files, there comes the central directory structure.
- (Table 0010)
- PkZip compression types
- 0 - Stored / No compression
- 1 - Shrunk / LZW, 8K buffer, 9-13 bits with partial clearing
- 2 - Reduced-1 / Probalistic compression, lower 7 bits
- 3 - Reduced-2 / Probalistic compression, lower 6 bits
- 4 - Reduced-3 / Probalistic compression, lower 5 bits
- 5 - Reduced-4 / Probalistic compression, lower 4 bits
- 6 - Imploded / 2/3 Shanno-Fano trees, 4K/8K sliding dictionary
-
- --- Central directory structure
-
- The CDS is at the end of the archive and contains additional information
- about the files stored within the archive.
-
- OFFSET Count TYPE Description
- 0000h 4 char ID='PK',01,02
- 0004h 1 byte Version made by
- 0005h 1 byte Host OS (see table 0011)
- 0006h 1 byte Minimum version needed to extract
- 0007h 1 byte Target OS
- see above "Host OS"
- 0008h 1 word General purpose bit flag
- see above "General purpose bit flag"
- 000Ah 1 word Compression method
- see above "Compression method"
- 000Ch 1 dword DOS date / time of file
- 0010h 1 dword 32-bit CRC of file (see table 0009)
- 0014h 1 dword Compressed size of file
- 0018h 1 dword Uncompressed size of file
- 001Ch 1 word Length of filename
- ="LEN"
- 001Eh 1 word Length of extra field
- ="XLN"
- 0020h 1 word Length of file comment
- ="CMT"
- 0022h 1 word Disk number ??
- 0024h 1 word Internal file attributes (bit mapped)
- 0 - file is apparently an ASCII/binary file
- 1-15 - unused
- 0026h 1 dword External file attributes (OS dependent)
- 002Ah 1 dword Relative offset of local header from the
- start of the first disk this file appears on
- 002Eh "LEN" char Filename / path; should not contain a drive
- or device letter, all slashes should be forward
- slashes '/'.
- 002Eh+ "XLN" char Extra field
- +"LEN"
- 002Eh "CMT" char File comment
- +"LEN"
- +"XLN"
-
- (Table 0011)
- PkZip Host OS table
- 0 - MS-DOS and OS/2 (FAT)
- 1 - Amiga
- 2 - VMS
- 3 - *nix
- 4 - VM/CMS
- 5 - Atari ST
- 6 - OS/2 1.2 extended file sys
- 7 - Macintosh
- 8-255 - unused
-
- --- End of central directory structure
-
- The End of Central Directory Structure header has following format :
-
- OFFSET Count TYPE Description
- 0000h 4 char ID='PK',05,06
- 0004h 1 word Number of this disk
- 0006h 1 word Number of disk with start of central directory
- 0008h 1 word Total number of file/path entries on this disk
- 000Ah 1 word Total number of entries in central dir
- 000Ch 1 dword Size of central directory
- 0010h 1 dword Offset of start of central directory relative
- to starting disk number
- 0014h 1 word Archive comment length
- ="CML"
- 0016h "CML" char Zip file comment
-
- EXTENSION:ZIP
- OCCURENCES:PC,Amiga,ST
- PROGRAMS:PkZIP,WinZIP
- REFERENCE:Technote.APP
-