Difference between revisions of "ZIM file format"

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m (length in bytes instead of bits)
(add header length field)
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| rIndexLen              || integer || 24 || 4 || length of the article index
| rIndexLen              || integer || 24 || 4 || length of the article index
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|                         || integer || 28 || 4 || ''deprecated''
| headerLen                      || integer || 28 || 4 || length of header (currently 60)
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| rIndexPtrPos            || integer || 32 || 8 || position to the directory pointerlist
| rIndexPtrPos            || integer || 32 || 8 || position to the directory pointerlist

Revision as of 10:48, 22 February 2009

length in byte, all types are littlendian

Field Name Type Offset Length Description
rMagicNumber integer 0 4 Magic number to recognise the file format, must be "1439867043"
rVersion integer 4 4 wp2006=2, wp2007=3, ZIM=4, version of the file format for backwards compatibility
rCount integer 8 4 total number of articles
integer 12 4 deprecated
rIndexPos integer 16 8 position of the article index
rIndexLen integer 24 4 length of the article index
headerLen integer 28 4 length of header (currently 60)
rIndexPtrPos integer 32 8 position to the directory pointerlist
rIndexPtrLen integer 40 4 length of directory pointerlist (always 4*rCount)
rMainPage integer 44 4 article index of main page or 0xffff if no main page
rLayoutPage integer 48 4 article index of layout page or 0xffff if no layout page
integer 52 8 deprecated