From 717aa1f2469a30ce50f1211d962c2f8ea4618352 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "B. Watson" Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2025 01:47:22 -0500 Subject: Tweak fileformat.txt. --- doc/fileformat.txt | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'doc/fileformat.txt') 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: -- cgit v1.2.3