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EPP/Obsolete/Installer SFX
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Note: The contents of this page is obsolete, but it may still contain some interesting tid-bits.
Installer SFX archives
Installer SFX archive file structure
| Executable Extractor |
| SFX Header |
| Execution Information |
| File Information Table |
| Required Files Ids Table |
| String Table |
| Files Data |
| SFX Footer |
SFX Header:
19 bytes - signature 1 byte - version 4 bytes - number of files
Execution Information:
4 bytes - flags 4 bytes - id in String Table of file to execute 4 bytes - id in String Table of arguments for file to be executed
File Information Table Entry:
4 bytes - size of file 4 bytes - file last modification time
Required File Ids Table:
4 bytes - number of entries (if zero, all files must be extracted prior to execution)
Required File Ids Table Entry:
4 bytes - id in File Information Table
String Table Entry:
4 bytes - size of string in bytes n bytes - string
SFX Footer:
4 bytes - size of archive file without SFX Footer 4 bytes - CRC32