For each directory entry found, fiz prints where in the archive it is located, the directory path and filename(s) found in it, whether the directory entry appears to be corrupted (indicated by [*CRC Error*]), and the value of the pointer to the file data that is found in the directory entry. For each block of file data found in the archive, fiz prints where in the archive the block begins. In the case of an undamaged archive, the pointer to file data found in a directory entry will correspond to where fiz actually locates the data. Here is some sample output from fiz:
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2526: DIR [changes] ==> 95
2587: DATA
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3909: DIR [copyrite] ==> 1478
3970: DATA
4769: DATA
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In such output, DIR indicates where fiz found a directory entry in the archive, and DATA indicates where fiz found file data in the archive. Filenames located by fiz are enclosed in square brackets, and the notation "==> 95" indicates that the directory entry found by fiz at position 2526 has a file data pointer to position 95. In actuality, fiz found file data at positions 2587, 3970, and 4769. Since fiz found only two directory entries, and each directory entry corresponds to one file, one of the file data positions is an artifact.
Once the locations of directory entries and file data are found, the @ modifier to zoo's archive list and extract commands can be used and the archive contents selectively listed or extracted, skipping the damaged portion. This is further described in the documentation for zoo(1).
In the above case, commands to try giving to zoo might be x@2526,2587 (extract beginning at position 2526, and get file data from position 2587), x@3090,3970 (extract at 3090, get data from 3970) and x@3909,4769 (extract at 3909, get data from 4769). Once a correctly-matched directory entry/file data pair is found, zoo will in most cases synchronize with and correctly extract all files subsequently found in the archive. Trial and error should allow all undamaged files to be extracted. Also note that self-extracting archives created using sez (the Self-Extracting Zoo utility for MS-DOS), which are normally executed on an MS-DOS system for extraction, can be extracted on non-MSDOS systems in a similar way.