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{{FormatInfo
|formattype=electronic
|subcat=Archiving
|extensions={{ext|rkv}}
|released=1996
}}
'''RKIVE''' is a compressed archive utility, and its native '''.rkv''' file format. It was developed by Malcolm Taylor, and released as shareware. It is the predecessor of [[RK]].

An RKV file is not necessarily compatible with any version RKIVE other than the one that created it.

See also [[RK]].

== Identification ==
At least some RKV files end with ASCII "{{magic|RK}}".

== Software ==
* RKIVE - DOS binaries
** {{CdTextfiles|cream21/compress/rkive10.zip|RKIVE 1.0}} (1996-08-09)
** {{CdTextfiles|simtel/stmsdos9709/disk1/DISC1/ARCERS/RKIVE14.ZIP|RKIVE 1.4}} (1996-10-30)
** [https://www.sac.sk/download/pack/rkv192b1.zip RKIVE 1.92beta1] (1998-02-22)

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 v1.0, v1.1: No known distinguishing features.
-v1.2, v1.3, v1.4: The ''last'' byte of the file encodes the version number: 0x40 for v1.2, 0x41 (presumably) for v1.3, 0x46 for v1.4. The byte needs to be XORed with 0x52 to make sense; this results in 0x12, 0x13, 0x14. The error messages given by v1.4 leave no doubt that this is how the last byte is interpreted.
+v1.2, v1.3, v1.4: The last byte of the file encodes the version number: 0x40 for v1.2, 0x41 for v1.3, 0x46 for v1.4. The byte needs to be XORed with 0x52 to make sense; this results in 0x12, 0x13, 0x14. The error messages given by v1.4 leave no doubt that this is how the last byte is interpreted.
-v1.92beta1: Files ''end'' with a 2-byte signature: ASCII "{{magic|RK}}". Note that this does not distinguish them from [[RK]] format. The two bytes preceding the signature contain version information, in a [[Binary-coded decimal|BCD]]-like encoding, quite different from [[RK]] format. For v1.92beta1, the bytes are always {{magic|0x92 0x11}}. But if any other versions of the software exist that use this variant of the file format, the bytes will be different.
+v1.92beta1: Files end with a 2-byte signature: ASCII "{{magic|RK}}". Note that this does not distinguish them from [[RK]] format. The two bytes preceding the signature contain version information, in a [[Binary-coded decimal|BCD]]-like encoding, quite different from [[RK]] format. For v1.92beta1, the bytes are always {{magic|0x92 0x11}}. But if any other versions of the software exist that use this variant of the file format, the bytes will be different.
 == Software ==
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 ** [http://www.dcee.net/Files/Archiver/rkive11.zip RKIVE 1.1] (1996-08-15)
 ** [https://ftp.freexp.de/freexp/tools/Packer/RKIVE12.ZIP RKIVE 1.2] (1996-08-31)
-** RKIVE 1.3 (1996-09-28?) (no copy found)
+** RKIVE 1.3 (1996-09-28): [https://archive.org/details/dptoolclub-cdasc DP Tool Club CD ASC #03, 08, 31-34] → CDASC_33_1996_novembre.iso → DOS/TOOLS/RKIVE13.ZIP
 ** {{CdTextfiles|simtel/stmsdos9709/disk1/DISC1/ARCERS/RKIVE14.ZIP|RKIVE 1.4}} (1996-10-30)
 ** [https://www.sac.sk/download/pack/rkv192b1.zip RKIVE 1.92beta1] (1998-02-22)

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	See also [[RK]].		See also [[RK]].
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		+	== Disambiguation ==
		+	For the utility called "Standalone RKIVE v2.00 universal compressor", see [[RKUC]].
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		+	For the utility called "Standalone RKIVE v2.00 image compressor", see [[RK Image]].

	== Identification ==		== Identification ==

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 * RKIVE - DOS binaries
 ** {{CdTextfiles|cream21/compress/rkive10.zip|RKIVE 1.0}} (1996-08-09)
 ** {{CdTextfiles|simtel/stmsdos9709/disk1/DISC1/ARCERS/RKIVE14.ZIP|RKIVE 1.4}} (1996-10-30)
 ** [https://www.sac.sk/download/pack/rkv192b1.zip RKIVE 1.92beta1] (1998-02-22)

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 == Identification ==
-At least some RKV files end with ASCII "{{magic|RK}}".
+v1.0, v1.1: No known distinguishing features.
 == Software ==