Sorry to bother you all, but I'm failing miserably at searching for a
tool to help analyze the structure of arbitrary files (prefereably one
which runs on OpenBSD).
I've got a device which exports data in a undocumented format and the
only program available to use that data doesn't do what I need, so I
need to figure out the file formats so I can communicate with the device
the way I need to.
What I'm looking for is an interactive program which makes it easy to
look at selected parts of a file (individual items, sets of items
located at regular intervals, sets of items linked by pointers or
offsets, etc) in any of many formats (ascii, unicode, int, double float,
etc) and either endianness, store comments about items or sets of items
in an aux file, store names for various values in particular items and
display those items values using those names, search for patterns at
regular intervals or linked by pointers or offsets, etc, etc, etc; all
those things which make it easier to discover and keep track of the
structure of an unknown file.
It's hard to believe that nobody has ever written such a program, but
I've been unable to find one. Any suggestions for effective searches or
for suitable programs would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Dave
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Dave Anderson
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