Designing your own file format

Resources

• The Art of Unix Programming by Eric S. Raymond. Chapter 5 and some of 6 talk about some of the important principles to keep in mind.
• Andy McFadden's Tips
• Marco Schmidt's Tips
• http://www.helsinki.fi/~ssyreeni/texts/filefd/filefd
• http://optimasc.com/filedb/filedesign.html