Hello,

It's me again. Now I wrote a new version of the script. The first unpack is getting the length of the path. The seoncd unpack is reading one repetition of data in one swoop. I like this solution because it matches the original record the most. Although I have in mind that I can use the length/string technique in the post of ikegami if the length is directly before the string.

#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;

my $mem = pack('H*', '54424c004100001300000BAD2F62696E2F7465737432302E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');


# NOTE:
# Section name is a null terminated string. 
# Z* is setting the memory pointer after the 
# terminating null byte, but in the corresponding 
# variable the string is stored without the null
(my $section, $mem) = unpack('Z* a*', $mem);
print("$section\n");
print("-" x length($section), "\n\n");

# unpack and print 
# load id, offset, size, 
# path (length of path is "offset - 4") 
# and crc32 of each load entry
while (length($mem))
{
    # NOTE:
    # The path is a variable string. And the length 
    # of the string is not directly before the string.
    # If the length of the string would be directly 
    # before the string then I could use the 
    # length/string technique. But in this case I have 
    # to use two unpacks. The first is to get the length 
    # of the string (offset_to_next_load - 4). The second 
    # unpack then has all information to read one 
    # repetition of data in one swoop.

    # get length of path
    my $length_of_load_path = unpack('x2 n', $mem) - 4;

    # get data
    (my $load_id, my $offset_to_next_load, 
     my $load_size, my $load_path, my $crc32_load_path, $mem) =
        unpack("n n N A$length_of_load_path N a*", $mem);

    print("Load ID             : $load_id\n");
    print("Offset to next load : $offset_to_next_load\n");
    print("Load Size           : $load_size\n");
    print("Load Path           : $load_path\n");
    print("CRC32 of Load Path  : $crc32_load_path\n\n");
    
}
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