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- Apple II
- File Type Notes
- _____________________________________________________________________________
- Developer Technical Support
-
- File Type: $E0 (224)
- Auxiliary Type: $8006
-
- Full Name: EZ Backup Saveset document
- Short Name: EZ Backup Saveset document
-
- Written by: Peter Easdown and Matt Deatherage September 1990
-
- Files of this type and auxiliary type contain savesets as produced by
- EZBackup.
- _____________________________________________________________________________
-
- EZ Backup is a backup utility that runs under GS/OS. It provides the ability
- to backup to either a removable block device or to files under any available
- file system.
-
- For more information on EZ Backup, contact:
-
- EZ-Soft Pty. Ltd.
- G.P.O. Box 880
- Sydney, N.S.W., 2001
- Australia
- Telephone: 011.61.2.365.1271
- AppleLink: AUST0367
-
- The EZ Backup file format is copyrighted (C) 1990 by EZ-Soft Pty. Ltd. and is
- printed here with permission.
-
-
- Definitions
-
- The following definition is used in this document in addition to those defined
- for all Apple II file types:
-
- Date/Time An eight-byte date/time record as used by GS/OS and the
- Miscellaneous Tools.
-
-
- The File Format
-
- EZ Backup savesets are divided into three major segments: the header, the
- file list and the data.
-
- The Header
-
- The header contains information relating to the saveset as a whole. It is a
- fixed length of 1,024 ($400) bytes and is defined as follows:
-
- backupDateTime (+000) Date/Time
- The date and time on
- which the backup took place.
- fileCount (+008) Word The number of files stored in
- the saveset.
- rootDirectory (+010) 512 Bytes
- A GS/OS input string containing
- the full pathname of the
- top-level directory of the
- saveset. Note that normally
- this is the volume name of the
- volume that was backed up.
- fileList (+522) Long A pointer used at run-time to
- point to the first entry of
- the file list. This field
- need not be zeroed when writing
- to disk.
- majRelease (+526) Word The major release component of
- the version number of EZ Backup
- used to create the saveset, as
- a two-byte integer.
- minRelease (+528) Word The minor release component of
- the version number of EZ Backup
- used to create the saveset, as
- a two-byte integer.
- fileSysID (+530) Word The file system ID of the
- volume that was backed up.
- backupType (+532) Boolean Word
- A flag that indicates whether
- the backup was a full backup or
- an incremental (changes only)
- backup. A value of TRUE means
- the backup is incremental.
- selected (+534) Boolean Word
- A run-time flag used to
- indicate that all files in the
- directory tree are selected.
- A value of TRUE indicates that
- all files are selected.
- devIcon (+536) Long A number indicating which icon
- to display for the root level
- when restoring. This is
- supplied in case the
- configuration of the machine
- doing the restore differs from
- that of the machine that made
- the backup. Following are the
- icon numbers and device types
- they represent:
-
- File Server $FFF5
- CD-ROM $FFF8
- 5.25" Drive $FFF9
- RAM Disk $FFFA
- 3.5" Disk $FFFB
- 5.25" Disk $FFFC
- Hard Disk $FFFD
-
- fileListLen (+540) Long The length in bytes of the
- file list (defined later).
- totalDisks (+544) Long The number of disks required
- by the saveset (excluding the
- disk containing the file list).
- Note that this is not relevant
- to a file-based backup since a
- saveset file cannot be larger
- than the disk on which it
- resides.
- reserved (+548) Word Reserved for future use.
- backupLen (+550) Long The total size in bytes of the
- backup, including the header,
- the file list and the data.
- reserved (+554) 470 Bytes Reserved for future use.
-
- The File List
-
- The file list contains a variable number of 128-byte records, the number of
- which is given by the fileCount field in the header. Each file list entry is
- defined as follows:
-
- nextFile (+000) Long A pointer that is used at run-
- time to point to the next file
- in the file list. Although
- only used a run-time, this
- field is useful in
- reconstructing the directory
- hierarchy when restoring
- savesets.
- fileInfo (+004) 62 Bytes A GS/OS GetDirEntry parameter
- block that describes this file.
- dataOffset (+066) Long An offset in bytes from the
- beginning of the file that
- points to the location within
- the saveset at which the data
- fork (if any) is stored. This
- field is zero if there is no
- data fork.
- resOffset (+070) Long An offset in bytes from the
- beginning of the file that
- points to the location within
- the saveset at which the
- resource fork (if any) is
- stored. This field is zero if
- there is no resource fork.
- optionListOffset (+074) Long An offset in bytes from the
- beginning of the file that
- points to the location within
- the saveset at which the GS/OS
- option_list (if any) was
- stored. This field is zero if
- there is no option_list.
- Note that EZ Backup does not
- currently store the option_list
- for any ProDOS files.
- optionListLen (+078) Word The length in bytes of the
- option_list (if any).
- parentFile (+080) Long A pointer that contains the
- run-time address of the file
- list record of the directory
- that is a parent to the file
- described by this record.
- Although only used a run-time,
- this field is useful in
- reconstructing the directory
- hierarchy when restoring
- savesets.
- currentDir (+084) Long If the file described by this
- record is a directory, this
- field is a pointer to itself.
- This is supplied primarily for
- the restore operation so that
- the directory hierarchy may
- be rebuilt.
- selected (+088) Word Used at run-time to indicate a
- file record selection mode.
- If this field is zero, then
- some error occurred during the
- backup that prevented the file
- from being backed up. A
- non-zero value indicates that
- the file was correctly included
- in the saveset; only attempt to
- restore files that have a
- non-zero selection mode.
- created (+090) Boolean Word
- A flag used at restore time to
- indicate whether the file was
- created successfully. A value
- of TRUE means yes while FALSE
- means no.
- fileName (+092) 36 Bytes A GS/OS output string
- containing the name of the file.
-
- The Data
-
- The data component of the file contains the contents of all of the files
- described in the file list in a contiguous stream of bytes. Each file begins
- at a 512-byte boundary. Each file list record takes 128 bytes, and any
- remaining bytes in the last 512-byte block of the file list are unused.
- Similarly, all stored data forks, resource forks, and option_lists start on
- 512-byte boundaries, and any remaining bytes in their last 512-byte blocks are
- unused.
-
-
- Further Reference
- _____________________________________________________________________________
- o GS/OS Reference
-