Difference between revisions of "Preferences.dat file"
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This file used to store [[eMule]]'s configuration in it's earlier versions. Nowadays, it only stores the userhash and the configuration file version. | This file used to store [[eMule]]'s configuration in it's earlier versions. Nowadays, it only stores the userhash and the configuration file version. | ||
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== Data == | == Data == | ||
Latest revision as of 14:02, 17 June 2012
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Contents
File
Name: preferences.dat
Location: ~/.aMule/
Description
This file used to store eMule's configuration in it's earlier versions. Nowadays, it only stores the userhash and the configuration file version.
Most user preferences are now stored in the amule.conf file.
Data
The current configuration file version is 20 (in hex: 0x14).
Format
The file format is as follows:
Version Userhash
Size of each field is as follows:
- Version: 1 byte
- Userhash: 16 bytes, stored as a big-endian 128-bit value.
Example
The following is a hex dump of an hypothetic preferences.dat file:
14 2C 16 62 17 9C 0E CE 02 45 55 A8 5A 56 6C 6F 49
In the above example, the following data can be seen:
- Configuration file version: 20 (In hex: 0x14)
- Userhash: 2C1662179C0ECE024555A85A566C6F49
