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I built a file format in c/c++

Dev.to•Wed, Aug 26, 2026, 05:34 AM•2 min read

I Built a File Format From Scratch in C/C++ A few days ago, I realized something slightly embarrassing. I had been working with files my entire life, but I had never really stopped to ask: What actually is a file? I knew that a .

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