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Logical Interchange Format

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Logical Interchange Format

(file format, file system)

(LIF) A Hewlett-Packard simple file system format used to boot HP-PA machines and to interchange files between older HP machines. A LIF file system is a header, containing a single directory, with 10-character case sensitive filenames and 2-byte file types, followed by the files.

LIF Utilities for linux.

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