On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 2:58 PM, Donald MacQueen <dmacq@erols.com> wrote:
2) Where is the format of the tz source filesdescribed?
The format is explained on the man page for the zic compiler; and there's a plain text version at zic.8.txt in the code subdirectory. I once wrote a little paper, mostly for my own understanding, that you can read at http://www.cstdbill.com/tzdb/tz-how-to.html
I am also interested in what the Link format is.
Do you mean in the source file? If so, then it's Link real-name alias Or do you mean the binaries? If so, then AFAIK it's just another copy of the file. (From what I've seen, it's not really a "link" in the Unix file system sense.) If you're interested in what the binaries look like, check out: http://www.cstdbill.com/tzdb/tzfile-format.html I've posted both of those links on this list before, and nobody has corrected me, so I guess I won't lead you too far astray. 8-) --Bill