Pascal Heus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Does anyone now the exact meaning of the record layout type byte > present in the SPSS .sav file header? This is byte #65 that follows > the $FL2 signature and the 60-byte information string. According to > the documentation I found and based on source codes, the only allowed > values are 2=SPSS file and 3=portable file. Problem is that I have > recently received a few files produced I think with SPSS 12 or 13 that > have a layout code = 3 (not sure why) but look exactly like a record > layout 2 file. I'm trying to figure out where this difference comes
What source have you found that says 3 = portable file? I do not recall reading that anywhere. I have a fairly extensive library of .sav files that I have found around the net. A few of them have record layout 3; most of them have record layout 2. There does not seem to be any difference in the format of the rest of the file based on the record layout byte. PSPP currently just uses the presence of a value 2 or 3 in this field to detect whether the file is little-endian or big-endian and otherwise ignores it. -- "...In the UNIX world, people tend to interpret `non-technical user' as meaning someone who's only ever written one device driver." --Daniel Pead _______________________________________________ pspp-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/pspp-dev
