25 Jun
2023
25 Jun
'23
10:05 a.m.
On 6/25/23 06:39, Kenneth Gober wrote:
On Sat, Jun 24, 2023 at 7:39 PM Chuck Guzis via cctalk
I don't recognize it, but the filenames give me a
very database vibe. A
database from back when each table was stored in a separate file.
The RPT filenames hint to me that they are preformatted output (with
escape codes) intended to be spooled to a specific printer later.
The MSL files are small so may be either screen layout definitions
or perhaps metadata describing the table files, which would be in the
DTP files. I suspect the DTX files would be config/index files for
the database application that managed all this, describing the
content and relationships of the DTP and MSL files.
I figured that there was a database application involved, but it's not
clear if it was used simply for quick access or if it represents part of
the data stored.
I was hoping that the file layout might ring a bell in someone's mind
and an application be identified.
That's typical for a lot of what I run into--people back up data, but
never the program that created it. Even worse, the backups are missing
volumes, such that even if you had the restore program, it would error out.
So for example, I have a number of partial backup sets, but they're
missing the first volume. It's possible to dig data out of the rest
from the backup block headers, but any association with a file name has
been lost. BRU? Give me TAR any day...
Makes for lots of fun and games.
Thanks, anyway.
--Chuck