Legacy and file format issues

[Klaus Major]

Hi all,

Am 14.09.2007 um 13:53 schrieb Mark Smith:

> You only need to read the first couple of bytes - in a 'legacy  
> stack' the first 2 bytes will be '#!', whereas in a newer stack  
> they will be "RE".
> Best,
> Mark

Yes, as I already posted yesterday :-)

OK, I suggested to check the first EIGHT bytes... ;-)

> On 14 Sep 2007, at 12:26, Richmond Mathewson wrote:
>
>> Presumably (???) if one were to save a simple stack in
>> the 2 formats and then do a comparison with a
>> text-editor one could work out the difference, and
>> even "run-off" a wee standalone that could be used to
>> convert stacks back and forth.
>>
>> Of course, I suspect the above is heresy.
>>
>> sincerely, Richmond Mathewson

Regards

Klaus Major
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