DUM.BIN: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 04:33, 23 July 2013

Dum.bin files are redundant files used to maintain the directory structure of empty directories. In X-Com's case to maintain the save game directories.

Older file compression programs could not store empty directories. To keep the directories intact, stub files filled with nothing important were created to keep the directories in place. This was done mainly by very simple installers that installed a program by simply uncompressing a compressed file into a directory and not really doing much else. This was quite a common practice used by many old programs, not just games.

dum.bin files are debris left behind by an old installer and can be safely deleted. In short, they are not part of the game.

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-Contains 3 bytes, use unknown. Not used by the Collectors Edition of the game. Seems to simply be a place holder file to prevent older versions of WinZip from losing otherwise 'empty' save game folders.
+Dum.bin files are redundant files used to maintain the directory structure of empty directories. In X-Com's case to maintain the save game directories.
+Older file compression programs could not store empty directories. To keep the directories intact, stub files filled with nothing important were created to keep the directories in place. This was done mainly by very simple installers that installed a program by simply uncompressing a compressed file into a directory and not really doing much else. This was quite a common practice used by many old programs, not just games.
+dum.bin files are debris left behind by an old installer and can be safely deleted. In short, they are not part of the game.
+==See Also==
+* [[Saved Game Files]]
+* [[Saved_Game_Files#Geoscape_Files|Geoscape Files]]
+[[Category:Game Files]]
+[[Category:Enemy Unknown/UFO Defense]]