Format of FreeSegments record, release 6.22.06. It is never compressed. It is probably not accessed by its key, but from its offset given in the file header.
If any individual free segments refer to bytes beyond 2000000000, their fFirst/fLast have 8 bytes, not 4 and 1000 is added to the TFree Version.
Some free segment records may be 32 bit while others are 64 bit.
----------TKey--------------- byte 0->3 Nbytes = Number of bytes in compressed record (TKey+data) TKey::fNbytes 4->5 Version = TKey class version identifier TKey::fVersion 6->9 ObjLen = Number of bytes of uncompressed data TKey::fObjLen 10->13 Datime = Date and time when record was written to file TKey::fDatime | (year-1995)<<26|month<<22|day<<17|hour<<12|minute<<6|second 14->15 KeyLen = Number of bytes in key structure (TKey) TKey::fKeyLen 16->17 Cycle = Cycle of key TKey::fCycle 18->21 [18->25] SeekKey = Byte offset of record itself (consistency check) TKey::fSeekKey 22->25 [26->33] SeekPdir = Byte offset of parent directory record (TFile) TKey::fSeekPdir 26->26 [34->34] lname = Number of bytes in the class name (5) TKey::fClassName 27->.. [35->..] ClassName = Object Class Name ("TFile") TKey::fClassName 0->0 lname = Number of bytes in the object name TNamed::fName 1->.. Name = lName bytes with the name of the object `<file-name>` TNamed::fName 0->0 lTitle = Number of bytes in the object title TNamed::fTitle 1->.. Title = lTitle bytes with the title of the object `<file-title>` TNamed::fTitle ----------DATA--------------- 0->1 Version = TFree class version identifier TFree::Class_Version() 2->5 [ 2-> 9] fFirst = First free byte of first free segment TFree::fFirst 6->9 [10->17] fLast = Last free byte of first free segment (inclusive) TFree::fLast (e.g. a free segment that is 1 byte long would have fFirst == fLast) .... Sequentially, Version, fFirst and fLast of additional free segments. .... There is always one free segment beginning at file end and ending before 2000000000. .... If the file size is larger than 2000000000, the last segment ends with 4000000000.