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diff --git a/doc/fileformat.txt b/doc/fileformat.txt index eb08d13..3638241 100644 --- a/doc/fileformat.txt +++ b/doc/fileformat.txt @@ -18,7 +18,12 @@ The differences are: - For ARC, the last file's compressed data is followed by a 0 byte (in place of the $1A header), to signal "end of archive". For ALF, there's no data after the last byte of the last compressed - file; + file. + +- Because ALF doesn't use a 0 byte to signal end-of-archive, it's + possible to append two ALF archives together; the result is also + a valid ALF archive... unless there's "junk at EOF" on the first + file. Other things caused by the limitations of the Atari: |