File format
Vault file format
A DVault vault is a zip file.
You can use any zip tool to unzip the vault and inspect the contents.
Each file added to the vault is individually encrypted, so if need be, you can extract a single file from a vault.
If you encrypt a single file called 'important.txt' to a vault the structure of the vault file is:
Contents of important.txt.vault
The .dvault file contains the keys used to encrypt/decrypt the contents of the vault and are protected by your passphrase.
If you add an entire directory to a vault the contents would be:
Contents of home.vault
If the vault was created with the --share option then the contents of the file changes:
Contents of important.txt.vault
The presense of the .shared file tells DVault that this file has been shared between two parties and uses a single use passphrase. The decryption process is essentially the same however the messages displayed to the user change to provide some additional guidance to the reciever of the vault.
.dvault format
The .dvault file is stored in your home directory and copied into each vault that you create.
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