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Date: 26 Feb 2007 12:48:10
From: dajava
Subject: cchessbase format?
cbh cbv cbf of chessbase?
what is the diffrence between them?

cbh must be its new format.
But, when i downloaded a file
from
http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic.html
Games in New ChessBase format (CB6 onwards)

its format is cbv, not cbh.

I can't figure it out.

dajava,





 
Date: 26 Feb 2007 22:54:39
From: dajava
Subject: Re: cchessbase format?
On Feb 27, 6:34 am, CeeBee <[email protected] > wrote:
> "dajava" <[email protected]> wrote in rec.games.chess.computer:
>
> > cbh cbv cbf of chessbase?
> > what is the diffrence between them?
>
> > cbh must be its new format.
> > But, when i downloaded a file
> > from
> >http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic.html
> > Games in New ChessBase format (CB6 onwards)
>
> > its format is cbv, not cbh.
>
> > I can't figure it out.
>
> cbf is the old format, cbh the new format. cbv is an archived database. A
> database consists of many files, like cbh (the headers) cba (annotations)
> ck* (keys) etc. When you archive them, one cbv file will be the result.
>
> --
> CeeBee
>
> *** entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem ***

I found out they are not text files.
Are their specifications available?

dajava,



  
Date: 27 Feb 2007 08:10:31
From: Tony M
Subject: Re: cchessbase format?
On 26 Feb 2007 22:54:39 -0800, "dajava" <[email protected] > wrote:

>On Feb 27, 6:34 am, CeeBee <[email protected]> wrote:
>> "dajava" <[email protected]> wrote in rec.games.chess.computer:
>>
>> > cbh cbv cbf of chessbase?
>> > what is the diffrence between them?
>>
>> > cbh must be its new format.
>> > But, when i downloaded a file
>> > from
>> >http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic.html
>> > Games in New ChessBase format (CB6 onwards)
>>
>> > its format is cbv, not cbh.
>>
>> > I can't figure it out.
>>
>> cbf is the old format, cbh the new format. cbv is an archived database. A
>> database consists of many files, like cbh (the headers) cba (annotations)
>> ck* (keys) etc. When you archive them, one cbv file will be the result.
>>
>> --
>> CeeBee
>>
>> *** entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem ***
>
>I found out they are not text files.
>Are their specifications available?
>
>dajava,

.cbf and .cbi file specifications, as well as the specs for old
fritzbook .fbk files, are located at:

http://www.wotsit.org/download.asp?f=cbu_src

.cbi files are index files for .cbf databases. As far as I know, the
other file formats are still proprietary and undocumented.

Tony


 
Date: 26 Feb 2007 21:34:24
From: CeeBee
Subject: Re: cchessbase format?
"dajava" <[email protected] > wrote in rec.games.chess.computer:

> cbh cbv cbf of chessbase?
> what is the diffrence between them?
>
> cbh must be its new format.
> But, when i downloaded a file
> from
> http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic.html
> Games in New ChessBase format (CB6 onwards)
>
> its format is cbv, not cbh.
>
> I can't figure it out.


cbf is the old format, cbh the new format. cbv is an archived database. A
database consists of many files, like cbh (the headers) cba (annotations)
ck* (keys) etc. When you archive them, one cbv file will be the result.

--
CeeBee

*** entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem ***