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[pspp-builds.git] / doc / data-file-format.texi

diff --git a/doc/data-file-format.texi b/doc/data-file-format.texi
index d0e8fddbd58b9aca0cc8783609d6bae71368a723..006395078d9cb56e9cc618c72fba9edd83f1cad9 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/data-file-format.texi
+++ b/doc/data-file-format.texi
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ format and using 24-hour time.  If the time is not available then this
 field is arbitrarily set to @samp{00:00:00}.
 
 @item char file_label[64];
-Set the the file label declared by the user, if any (@pxref{FILE LABEL}).
+Set the file label declared by the user, if any (@pxref{FILE LABEL}).
 Padded on the right with spaces.
 
 @item char padding[3];
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ Write format for this variable.  See below.
 
 @item char name[8];
 Variable name.  The variable name must begin with a capital letter or
-the at-sign (@samp{@@}).  Subsequent characters may also be octothorpes
+the at-sign (@samp{@@}).  Subsequent characters may also be digits, octothorpes
 (@samp{#}), dollar signs (@samp{$}), underscores (@samp{_}), or full
 stops (@samp{.}).  The variable name is padded on the right with spaces.
 
@@ -472,6 +472,7 @@ Machine endianness.  1 indicates big-endian, 2 indicates little-endian.
 @item int32 character_code;
 Character code.  1 indicates EBCDIC, 2 indicates 7-bit ASCII, 3
 indicates 8-bit ASCII, 4 indicates DEC Kanji.
+Windows code page numbers are also valid.
 @end table
 
 @node Machine flt64 Info Record, Auxiliary Variable Parameter Record, Machine int32 Info Record, Data File Format
@@ -505,7 +506,7 @@ Record type.  Always set to 7.
 Record subtype.  Always set to 4.
 
 @item int32 size;
-Size of each piece of data in the data part, in bytes.  Always set to 4.
+Size of each piece of data in the data part, in bytes.  Always set to 8.
 
 @item int32 count;
 Number of pieces of data in the data part.  Always set to 3.
@@ -581,6 +582,9 @@ Ordinal Scale
 Continuous Scale
 @end table
 
+Occasionally a value of 0 is seen here.  PSPP interprets this to mean
+a nominal scale.
+
 @item int32 width
 The width of the display column for the variable in characters.