Type Slack
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| Defined Constant | Type_Slack
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| File Type Value | 8 |
| Parent Type | None |
| Carve | No |
| Format Details | No |
| MIME Type | application/octet-stream
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| Filename Extension | slack
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Slack
Description
The unused space after the end of a file but before the end of the space allocated for that file. For example, a file system will use 64KB clusters to store files. If a file with a length of 4KB is saved to the file system, 64KB of disk space (one cluster) is used but only the first 4KB of space is actually written to. This leaves 60KB as slack space.
Details
Truxton stores slack as a contiguous series of bytes.
