EPP/Obsolete/Installer SFX

Note: The contents of this page is obsolete, but it may still contain some interesting tid-bits.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