RE: Determine the Binary format of a file

From: Dan Jones (ddjones_at_riddlemaster.org)
Date: 10/29/04


To: 'Perl Beginners List' <beginners@perl.org>
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 23:25:27 +0000

On Wed, 2004-10-27 at 23:19, Jim wrote:
>
> > Have any backups? Paper reports?
> >
> > If all else fails, you could always hire some interns and
> > turn it into a massive data [re-]entry project, provided that
> > a paper trail exists...
> >
>
> LOL! If I don't figure it out tonight, gonna tell my boss to renew the
> software :)

If you have access to the software, you might be able to create a new
file and put unique data into it, such as strings of repeating numbers
or letters, then try to reverse engineer that format.



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