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MW library layout:
header
magic word, magic processor flag ('MWOBPPC ') - 2x 4 bytes
magic flags, version (file format version?) - 2x 4 bytes
code size - 4 bytes
data size - 4 bytes
# of objects - 4 bytes
header for file 1 - 20 bytes
- modification time - 4 bytes
- offset to filename - 4 bytes
- offset to full path - 4 bytes (NOTE: NOT a full path in reality!)
- offset to object data - 4 bytes
- size of object data - 4 bytes
...
header for file n - 20 bytes
file 1 name + NUL - variable
file 1 name + NUL - variable
file 2 name + NUL - variable
file 2 name + NUL - variable
...
file n name + NUL - variable
file n name + NUL - variable
padding to multiple of 4 bytes - 0 - 3 bytes
file 1 data - variable (padded to 4-byte boundary)
file 2 data - variable (padded to 4-byte boundary)
...
file n data - variable (padded to 4-byte boundary)