PST file explanation

[Helen Tasky]

Can someone please explain to me what pst files are and what they contain?
(I did not see my original message on this)

Thank you.

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Take a look here, it may help:
http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.htm


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After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, Helen Tasky asked:

| Can someone please explain to me what pst files are and what they
| contain? (I did not see my original message on this)
|
| Thank you.

 

[Guest]

Pst files are "post" files. Text files really. They can be
edited and viewed with word or notepad.

In my line of work a post file is written to help generate
an NC code derived from an NCI file so that a specific
machine can use it.

For the most part they are instructions about how to
process a certain file.

Here is a sample of one of my post files.

fs2 15 0.2 0.1 #Decimal, absolute, 2/1 place
fs2 16 1 0 1 0n #Integer, forced output

# ---------------------------------------------------------
-----------------
#String and string selector definitions for NC output # ---
-----------------------------------------------------------
------------
#Numbered question 164. string to detect Rotary axis y/n
sq164

#Address string definitions
strm "M"
strn "N"
stro "O"
strp "P"
srad "R"
srminus "R-"
sblank

#Cantext string definitions (spaces must be padded here)
sm00 "M0"
sm01 "M1"
strtextno
strcantext

#Transform mirror and rotate codes


Doesn't make any sense to me but that's what they are.

 

[Brian Tillman]

Pst files are "post" files. Text files really. They can be
edited and viewed with word or notepad.

What are you talking about? Personal Folders files (PSTs, as Outlook knows
them) are definitely NOT text files.