Compound File Binary Format: Difference between revisions

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Internally a CFBF file loosely resembles a FAT filesytem. The file is partitioned into Sectors which are chained together with a File Allocation Table (FAT, aka Sector Allocation Table for disambiguation) which contains chains of sectors related to each file, a Directory holds information for contained files with a Sector ID (SID) for the starting sector of a FAT chain and so on.

==Competition==

A number of alternatives to CFBF exist, including [[CoreFSIF]]. Some of these offer portability across various platforms including Linux and Solaris.

==Structure==

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==See also==

* [[Advanced Authoring Format|Advanced Authoring Format (AAF)]]

* [[CoreFSIF]]

* [[Cabinet (file format)]]

* [[SNP File Format]]

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==External links==

* Microsoft [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b73df33f-6d74-423d-8274-8b7e6313edfb&DisplayLang=en Snapshot Viewer]

* Avanticore [http://www.avanticore.com/html/info_fsif.html CoreFSIF]

[[Category:Computer file formats]]

[[Category:Container formats]]