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'''ExeLITE''', also named '''ELITE''', is an executable compression utility for DOS. It was developed by Patryk E. Glowacz and Adam Augustyn / Code Blasters. It compresses [[MS-DOS EXE|EXE]] files (to EXE), and [[DOS executable (.com)|COM]] files (to COM or EXE).

It also has a "self extracting data" feature, which compresses a data file to raw machine code that can be incorporated into a DOS program.

Version 2 adds a feature to compress a data file to a non-executable file format.

== Identification ==

EXE: A likely signature is ASCII "{{magic|ELITE}}" at offset 26.

COM: ''(TODO)''

"self extracting data": ''(TODO)''

Compressed data file format: Files apparently start with ASCII "{{magic|ELITE2}}", followed by bytes <code>0x0a 0x0d</code>.

== Software ==
* [{{SACFTPURL|pack|elite.zip}} ExeLITE v1.00betaF]
* [{{SACFTPURL|pack|elite200.zip}} ExeLITE v2.00S]

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 EXE: A likely signature is ASCII "{{magic|ELITE}}" at offset 26.
-COM: ''(TODO)''
+COM: More testing is needed, but compressed COM files are observed to end with bytes {{magic|ff d1 d5 fe ce 75 06 8b 2c 46 46 b6 10 c3 fb 61 1f 07 9d 68 00 01 c3}}.
 "self extracting data": ''(TODO)''

ExeLITE - Revision history

Jsummers: /* Identification */

Jsummers: Created page with "{{FormatInfo |formattype=electronic |subcat=Compression |subcat2=Executable compression |wikidata={{wikidata|Q105858330}} |released=1994 }} '''ExeLITE''', also named '''ELITE'..."