Pack (Unix) - Revision history

Dexvertbot: Change telparia.com samples link to template

2023-12-28T02:54:59Z

Change telparia.com samples link to template

Sembiance: Added sample files

2023-10-15T17:01:58Z

Added sample files

Jsummers: /* Software */

2023-07-11T12:59:08Z

‎Software

Jsummers: /* Software */

2021-01-10T17:09:14Z

‎Software

Jsummers at 16:24, 29 December 2020

2020-12-29T16:24:52Z

Jsummers at 12:58, 29 February 2020

2020-02-29T12:58:44Z

Jsummers: Jsummers moved page Pack to Pack (Unix): There aren't many file formats simply named "pack", but it's too common a word to reserve for such a rare format.

2020-02-29T12:48:46Z

Jsummers moved page Pack to Pack (Unix): There aren't many file formats simply named "pack", but it's too common a word to reserve for such a rare format.

Jsummers: /* Software */

2017-10-30T16:16:53Z

‎Software

Jsummers: /* References */

2017-10-24T11:57:41Z

‎References

Jsummers: Identification

2013-12-29T02:21:36Z

Identification

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 == Sample files ==
-* https://telparia.com/fileFormatSamples/archive/pack/
+* {{DexvertSamples|archive/pack}}
 == References ==

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 * illumos: [http://src.illumos.org/source/xref/illumos-gate/usr/src/cmd/pack/ pack], [http://src.illumos.org/source/xref/illumos-gate/usr/src/cmd/unpack/ unpack] - Source code
 * https://github.com/koalaman/pack - A modern implementation in Haskell (write-only)
 == References ==

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 == Software ==
 * [https://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/ GNU gzip] ''[Note: Broken in v1.6 - 1.8]''
 * [https://www.tuhs.org/cgi-bin/utree.pl?file=V10 Tenth Edition of Unix] → v10src.tar.bz2 → cmd/pack/ - Source code
 * illumos: [http://src.illumos.org/source/xref/illumos-gate/usr/src/cmd/pack/ pack], [http://src.illumos.org/source/xref/illumos-gate/usr/src/cmd/unpack/ unpack] - Source code

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 == Software ==
-* [https://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/ GNU gzip] (decompression only) ''[Note: Broken in v1.6 - 1.8]''
+* [https://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/ GNU gzip] ''[Note: Broken in v1.6 - 1.8]''
 * [https://www.tuhs.org/cgi-bin/utree.pl?file=V10 Tenth Edition of Unix] → v10src.tar.bz2 → cmd/pack/ - Source code
 * illumos: [http://src.illumos.org/source/xref/illumos-gate/usr/src/cmd/pack/ pack], [http://src.illumos.org/source/xref/illumos-gate/usr/src/cmd/unpack/ unpack] - Source code
-* https://github.com/koalaman/pack - A modern implementation in Haskell
+* https://github.com/koalaman/pack - A modern implementation in Haskell (write-only)
 == References ==

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 |subcat=Compression
 |extensions={{ext|z}}
 }}
 {{DISPLAYTITLE:pack (Unix)}}'''pack''' is a command in Unix-style operating systems to compress files using [[Huffman coding]]. Files normally have a lowercase '''.z''' extension, appended to their names including any other extension they may already have in their uncompressed versions, e.g., '''file.txt.z'''.
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 The gzip source code mentions an "old pack format" that begins with {{magic|0x1F 0x1F}}.
 == Software ==
-* [https://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/ GNU gzip] can uncompress '''pack''' files.
+* [https://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/ GNU gzip] (decompression only) ''[Note: Broken in v1.6 - 1.8]''
-* https://github.com/koalaman/pack
+* [https://www.tuhs.org/cgi-bin/utree.pl?file=V10 Tenth Edition of Unix] → v10src.tar.bz2 → cmd/pack/ - Source code
 == References ==
 * [http://www.mkssoftware.com/docs/man1/pack.1.asp pack man page (MKS Toolkit)]
 * [http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/zos/v1r13/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.zos.r13.bpxa500%2Fpack.htm pack man page (IBM)]
-* [http://www.vidarholen.net/contents/blog/?p=691 An ode to pack: gzip’s forgotten decompressor]
+* [https://www.vidarholen.net/contents/blog/?p=691 An ode to pack: gzip’s forgotten decompressor]

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 {{FormatInfo
-|name=pack
+|name=pack (Unix)
 |formattype=electronic
 |subcat=Compression
 |extensions={{ext|z}}
 }}
-'''pack''' is a command in Unix-style operating systems to compress files using [[Huffman coding]]. Files normally have a .z extension, appended to their names including any other extension they may already have in their uncompressed versions, e.g., '''file.txt.z'''.
+{{DISPLAYTITLE:pack (Unix)}}'''pack''' is a command in Unix-style operating systems to compress files using [[Huffman coding]]. Files normally have a lowercase '''.z''' extension, appended to their names including any other extension they may already have in their uncompressed versions, e.g., '''file.txt.z'''.
 == See also ==
-* [[compress]]: A compressed file format with a similar filename extension
+* [[compress (Unix)]]
 == Identification ==
-Files begin with bytes <code>0x1F 0x1E</code>.
+Files begin with bytes {{magic|0x1F 0x1E}}.
-The gzip source code mentions an "old pack format" that begins with <code>0x1F 0x1F</code>.
+The gzip source code mentions an "old pack format" that begins with {{magic|0x1F 0x1F}}.
 == Software ==
-* [http://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/ GNU gzip] can uncompress '''pack''' files.
+* [https://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/ GNU gzip] can uncompress '''pack''' files.
 * https://github.com/koalaman/pack

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	* [http://www.mkssoftware.com/docs/man1/pack.1.asp pack man page (MKS Toolkit)]		* [http://www.mkssoftware.com/docs/man1/pack.1.asp pack man page (MKS Toolkit)]
	* [http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/zos/v1r13/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.zos.r13.bpxa500%2Fpack.htm pack man page (IBM)]		* [http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/zos/v1r13/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.zos.r13.bpxa500%2Fpack.htm pack man page (IBM)]
		+	* [http://www.vidarholen.net/contents/blog/?p=691 An ode to pack: gzip’s forgotten decompressor]