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| 44 || Quantum || [[Quantum compressed archive]] || | | 44 || Quantum || [[Quantum compressed archive]] || | ||
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| − | | 45 || ReSOF || | + | | 45 || ReSOF || [[SOF (Spectrum Software)]] || |
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| 46 || Crush/uncompressed || [[CRUSH]] || | | 46 || Crush/uncompressed || [[CRUSH]] || | ||
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| 54 || AMGC || [[AMG (compressed archive)]] || | | 54 || AMGC || [[AMG (compressed archive)]] || | ||
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| − | | 55 || NuLIB || || | + | | 55 || NuLIB || [[NuFX]] || |
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| − | | 56 || PAKLeo (PLL) || || | + | | 56 || PAKLeo (PLL) || [[PAKLEO]] || |
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| 57 || TGZ || [[Gzip]] (or [[Tape Archive|tar]] + Gzip) || | | 57 || TGZ || [[Gzip]] (or [[Tape Archive|tar]] + Gzip) || | ||
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| 58 || WWPack-Data || [[WWPACK]] || | | 58 || WWPack-Data || [[WWPACK]] || | ||
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| − | | 59 || ChArc || || | + | | 59 || ChArc || [[ChArc]] || |
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| 60 || PSA || [[Pretty Simple Archiver]] || | | 60 || PSA || [[Pretty Simple Archiver]] || | ||
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| 68 || TTComp || [[TTCOMP]] || | | 68 || TTComp || [[TTCOMP]] || | ||
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| − | | 69 || WIC (Fake!) || || | + | | 69 || WIC (Fake!) || [[WIC (fake compressed archive)]] || |
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| 70 || RKive || [[RKIVE]] || | | 70 || RKive || [[RKIVE]] || | ||
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| 72 || ESP || [[ESP (compressed archive)]] || | | 72 || ESP || [[ESP (compressed archive)]] || | ||
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| − | | 73 || ZPack || [[Z/Install | + | | 73 || ZPack || [[Z/Install]] || |
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| 74 || DRY || || (Dehydrated) | | 74 || DRY || || (Dehydrated) | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | 75 || OWS (Fake!) || || | + | | 75 || OWS (Fake!) || [[OWS (fake compressed archive)]] || |
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| 76 || SKY || [[SKY (compressed archive)]] || | | 76 || SKY || [[SKY (compressed archive)]] || | ||
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| 79 || Microsoft CAB || [[Cabinet]] || | | 79 || Microsoft CAB || [[Cabinet]] || | ||
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| − | | 80 || FOXSQZ || || | + | | 80 || FOXSQZ || [[FOXSQZ]] || |
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| 81 || AR7 || [[AR7]] || | | 81 || AR7 || [[AR7]] || | ||
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| 82 || TSComp || [[TSComp]] || | | 82 || TSComp || [[TSComp]] || | ||
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| − | | 83 || PPMZ || || | + | | 83 || PPMZ || [[PPMZ]] || |
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| 84 || MS Compress || [[MS-DOS installation compression]] || | | 84 || MS Compress || [[MS-DOS installation compression]] || | ||
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| 98 || ABComp || [[ABComp]] || | | 98 || ABComp || [[ABComp]] || | ||
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| − | | 99 || CMP (André Olejko) || || | + | | 99 || CMP (André Olejko) || [[CMP (NEW-DOS)]] || |
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| 100 || BZip2 || [[bzip2]] || | | 100 || BZip2 || [[bzip2]] || | ||
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| 104 || TAR || [[Tape Archive]] || | | 104 || TAR || [[Tape Archive]] || | ||
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| − | | 105 || InstallShield || | + | | 105 || InstallShield || [[InstallShield Self-Extracting EXE]] || |
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| 106 || CARComp || [[CAR (CarComp)]] || | | 106 || CARComp || [[CAR (CarComp)]] || | ||
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| 107 || LZS || [[LArc]] || | | 107 || LZS || [[LArc]] || | ||
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| − | | 108 || BOA || || | + | | 108 || BOA || [[BOA Constrictor Archiver]] || |
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| 109 || InstallShield Z || [[InstallShield Z]] || | | 109 || InstallShield Z || [[InstallShield Z]] || | ||
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| 112 || Pack Magic || || | | 112 || Pack Magic || || | ||
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| − | | 113 || BTS || || | + | | 113 || BTS || [[BTSPK]] || (Big Tree Software Archiver) |
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| − | | 114 || ELI 5750 || || | + | | 114 || ELI 5750 || [[ELI 5750]] || |
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| 115 || QFC || [[QFC]] || | | 115 || QFC || [[QFC]] || | ||
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| 125 || BMF || [[BMF (Dmitry Shkarin)]] || | | 125 || BMF || [[BMF (Dmitry Shkarin)]] || | ||
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| − | | 126 || NRV || [[NRV (Not Really Vanished)]] || | + | | 126 || NRV || [[NRV (Not Really Vanished)]] || |
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| 127 || oPAQue || [[oPAQue]] || | | 127 || oPAQue || [[oPAQue]] || | ||
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| 129 || Par || || ‡ (Philipp Druyts) | | 129 || Par || || ‡ (Philipp Druyts) | ||
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| − | | 130 || HIT (Bogdan Ureche) || || | + | | 130 || HIT (Bogdan Ureche) || [[HIT (compressed archive)]] || |
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| 131 || SBX || || ‡ | | 131 || SBX || || ‡ | ||
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| 145 || Logitech Compress || || | | 145 || Logitech Compress || || | ||
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| − | | 146 || ARS-Sfx || || | + | | 146 || ARS-Sfx || [[ARS]] || |
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| − | | 147 || AKT || || | + | | 147 || AKT || [[AKT]] || |
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| 148 || Flash || [[Flash (Micro TECH Systems)]] || | | 148 || Flash || [[Flash (Micro TECH Systems)]] || | ||
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| 153 || SemOne || [[SEMONE]] || | | 153 || SemOne || [[SEMONE]] || | ||
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| − | | 154 || AKT32 || || | + | | 154 || AKT32 || || <!-- "AKT32" signature; apparently not the akt32.zip at SAC --> |
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| − | | 155 || InstallIt || || | + | | 155 || InstallIt || [[InstallIt!]] || |
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| 156 || PPMD || [[PPMd]] || | | 156 || PPMD || [[PPMd]] || | ||
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| 157 || Swag || [[SWG]] || | | 157 || Swag || [[SWG]] || | ||
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| − | | 158 || FIZ || || | + | | 158 || FIZ || [[FIZ]] || |
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| 159 || BA (M. Lundqvist) || || ‡ | | 159 || BA (M. Lundqvist) || || ‡ | ||
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| 166 || TPac (Tim Gordon) || [[TPAC (Tim Gordon)]] || | | 166 || TPac (Tim Gordon) || [[TPAC (Tim Gordon)]] || | ||
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| − | | 167 || Ai (E.Ilya) || || | + | | 167 || Ai (E.Ilya) || [[Ai Archiver]] || |
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| 168 || Ybs (Vadim Yoockin) || || ‡ | | 168 || Ybs (Vadim Yoockin) || || ‡ | ||
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| − | | 169 || Ai32 (E.Ilya) || || | + | | 169 || Ai32 (E.Ilya) || [[Ai Archiver]] || |
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| 170 || SBC (Sami Mäkinen) || || ‡ | | 170 || SBC (Sami Mäkinen) || || ‡ | ||
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| − | | 171 || DitPack || || ‡ | + | | 171 || DitPack || [[DitPack]] || ‡ |
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| 172 || DMS || [[Disk Masher System]] || | | 172 || DMS || [[Disk Masher System]] || | ||
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| 180 || 7z || [[7z]] || | | 180 || 7z || [[7z]] || | ||
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| − | | 181 || ReDuq (J. Mintjes) || || ‡ | + | | 181 || ReDuq (J. Mintjes) || [[Reduq]] || ‡ |
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| 182 || aPackage || || | | 182 || aPackage || || | ||
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| 186 || SAPCAR || [[CAR (SAP)]], [[SAR]] || | | 186 || SAPCAR || [[CAR (SAP)]], [[SAR]] || | ||
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| − | | 187 || Compressia || || | + | | 187 || Compressia || [[Compressia]] || |
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| 188 || UHBC || [[UHBC]] || | | 188 || UHBC || [[UHBC]] || | ||
Latest revision as of 12:22, 4 April 2024
| Software | > | File identification software | > | IDArc |
IDArc is an open source DOS program for identifying archiving and compression formats. It was developed by Jürgen Peters.
Some of its format knowledge has been incorporated into the File command's database.
[edit] External links
- IDArc v2.15.01-German (2003-10-10)
- IDArc v2.15.01-English
- Archived website - German
- Archived website - English
IDArc version 2.15.03 (2004-02-02) apparently exists, but has not been located.
[edit] List of recognized formats
List of recognized formats, from version 2.15.01:
| ID | Name | References | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ARC | ARC (compression format) | |
| 2 | ZIP | ZIP, Self-extracting ZIP | |
| 3 | ZOO | Zoo | |
| 4 | LZH | LHA | |
| 5 | DWC | DWC | |
| 6 | MDCD | MDCD | |
| 7 | LBR | LBR | |
| 8 | ARJ | ARJ | |
| 9 | HYP | Hyper archive | |
| 10 | UC2 | UltraCompressor II | |
| 11 | HAP | HAP | |
| 12 | HA | HA | |
| 13 | HPack (HPK) | HPACK (compressed archive) | |
| 14 | SQZ (Squeeze It) | Squeeze It | |
| 15 | RAR | RAR | |
| 16 | PAK | PAK (ARC extension) | |
| 17 | ARC+ | ARC (compression format)#ARC Plus | |
| 18 | LIM | LIMIT | |
| 19 | BSN (BSA/PTS-DOS) | BSArc and BSA | |
| 20 | PUT | PUT | |
| 21 | SQWEZ | SQWEZ | |
| 22 | Crush/ZIP | CRUSH + ZIP | |
| 23 | Crush/ARJ | CRUSH + ARJ | |
| 24 | Crush/LZH | CRUSH + LHA | |
| 25 | Crush/ZOO | CRUSH + Zoo | |
| 26 | Crush/HA | CRUSH + HA | |
| 27 | LZExe | LZEXE | |
| 28 | PKLite | PKLITE | |
| 29 | Diet | DIET (compression) | |
| 30 | TinyProg | TINYPROG | |
| 31 | GIF | GIF | |
| 32 | JPG (JFIF) | JFIF | |
| 33 | JPG (HSI) | HSI JPEG | |
| 34 | AIN | AIN | |
| 35 | AINEXE | AIN#AINEXE | |
| 36 | SAR | SAR (Streamline Design) | |
| 37 | BS2/BSArc | BSArc and BSA | |
| 38 | GZIP/Comp 4.3 | Gzip, compress (Unix) | |
| 39 | ACB | ACB (compressed archive) | |
| 40 | MAR | Micrognosis Compression Archiver | |
| 41 | CPZ (CPShrink) | CP Shrink | |
| 42 | JRC | JRchive | |
| 43 | JArcs | JARCS | |
| 44 | Quantum | Quantum compressed archive | |
| 45 | ReSOF | SOF (Spectrum Software) | |
| 46 | Crush/uncompressed | CRUSH | |
| 47 | ARX | ARX | |
| 48 | UCEXE | UltraCompressor II#UCEXE | |
| 49 | WWPack | WWPACK | |
| 50 | QuArk | QuARK | |
| 51 | YAC | YAC | |
| 52 | X1 | X (X1) | |
| 53 | Codec | CODEC (Telvox) | |
| 54 | AMGC | AMG (compressed archive) | |
| 55 | NuLIB | NuFX | |
| 56 | PAKLeo (PLL) | PAKLEO | |
| 57 | TGZ | Gzip (or tar + Gzip) | |
| 58 | WWPack-Data | WWPACK | |
| 59 | ChArc | ChArc | |
| 60 | PSA | Pretty Simple Archiver | |
| 61 | ZAR | ZAR (Zip-Archiv) | |
| 62 | LHark | LHARK | |
| 63 | CrossePAC | ‡ | |
| 64 | Freeze | Freeze/Melt | |
| 65 | KBoom | Kboom11 | |
| 66 | NSQ | Squeeze | |
| 67 | DPA | ‡ (dpa11a.zip) (Dirks Packer, by Dirk Paehl) | |
| 68 | TTComp | TTCOMP | |
| 69 | WIC (Fake!) | WIC (fake compressed archive) | |
| 70 | RKive | RKIVE | |
| 71 | JAR | JAR (ARJ Software) | |
| 72 | ESP | ESP (compressed archive) | |
| 73 | ZPack | Z/Install | |
| 74 | DRY | (Dehydrated) | |
| 75 | OWS (Fake!) | OWS (fake compressed archive) | |
| 76 | SKY | SKY (compressed archive) | |
| 77 | ARI | ARI (compressed archive) | |
| 78 | UFA | UFA | |
| 79 | Microsoft CAB | Cabinet | |
| 80 | FOXSQZ | FOXSQZ | |
| 81 | AR7 | AR7 | |
| 82 | TSComp | TSComp | |
| 83 | PPMZ | PPMZ | |
| 84 | MS Compress | MS-DOS installation compression | |
| 85 | MP3 (Marco Czudej) | MPC (Marco Czudej) | |
| 86 | ZET | Zet | |
| 87 | XPack Data | XPACK archive | |
| 88 | XPack Diskimage | XPACK disk image | |
| 89 | ARQ | ARQ | |
| 90 | ACE | ACE | |
| 91 | Squash | Squash ARH | |
| 92 | Terse | TERSE | |
| 93 | XPack single data | XPACK | |
| 94 | Stuffit (Mac) | StuffIt | |
| 95 | PUCrunch | ‡ | |
| 96 | BZip | bzip | |
| 97 | UHarc | UHARC | |
| 98 | ABComp | ABComp | |
| 99 | CMP (André Olejko) | CMP (NEW-DOS) | |
| 100 | BZip2 | bzip2 | |
| 101 | LZOP | lzop | |
| 102 | szip | Sunzip | |
| 103 | Splint | Splint | |
| 104 | TAR | Tape Archive | |
| 105 | InstallShield | InstallShield Self-Extracting EXE | |
| 106 | CARComp | CAR (CarComp) | |
| 107 | LZS | LArc | |
| 108 | BOA | BOA Constrictor Archiver | |
| 109 | InstallShield Z | InstallShield Z | |
| 110 | ARG | ARG | |
| 111 | Gather | ‡ | |
| 112 | Pack Magic | ||
| 113 | BTS | BTSPK | (Big Tree Software Archiver) |
| 114 | ELI 5750 | ELI 5750 | |
| 115 | QFC | QFC | |
| 116 | PRO-PACK | Pro-Pack | |
| 117 | MSXiE | MSXiE | |
| 118 | RAX | RAX (compressed archive) | |
| 119 | 777 | 777 | |
| 120 | LZS221 | LZS221 | (Stac) |
| 121 | HPA | ‡ (Hungarian Pirate Alliance) | |
| 122 | Arhangel | ARHANGEL | |
| 123 | EXP1 | ‡ (Bulat Ziganshin) | |
| 124 | IMP | IMP | |
| 125 | BMF | BMF (Dmitry Shkarin) | |
| 126 | NRV | NRV (Not Really Vanished) | |
| 127 | oPAQue | oPAQue | |
| 128 | Squish (Mike Albert) | Squish (Mike Albert) | |
| 129 | Par | ‡ (Philipp Druyts) | |
| 130 | HIT (Bogdan Ureche) | HIT (compressed archive) | |
| 131 | SBX | ‡ | |
| 132 | NaShrinK | NaShrinK | |
| 133 | Disintegrator | ‡ (dst09b.zip) (DST, by Tommaso Guglielmi) | |
| 134 | ASD (T. Svensson) | ASD Archiver | |
| 135 | InstallShield CAB | InstallShield CAB | |
| 136 | TOP4 | Top4 | |
| 137 | BatComp (4DOS) | 4DOS compressed batch file | |
| 138 | BlakHole | BlakHole | |
| 139 | BIX (Igor Pavlov) | BIX | |
| 140 | ChiefLZA | ChiefLZ archive format | |
| 141 | Blink (D.T.S.) | BLINK | |
| 142 | CAR (MylesHi!) | CAR (MylesHi!) | |
| 143 | SARJ | SARJ | |
| 144 | Compack Sfx | COMPACK | |
| 145 | Logitech Compress | ||
| 146 | ARS-Sfx | ARS | |
| 147 | AKT | AKT | |
| 148 | Flash | Flash (Micro TECH Systems) | |
| 149 | PC/3270 | ‡ | |
| 150 | NPack | NPack | |
| 151 | PFT | PACKER (ImagiSOFT) | |
| 152 | Xtreme | ‡ | |
| 153 | SemOne | SEMONE | |
| 154 | AKT32 | ||
| 155 | InstallIt | InstallIt! | |
| 156 | PPMD | PPMd | |
| 157 | Swag | SWG | |
| 158 | FIZ | FIZ | |
| 159 | BA (M. Lundqvist) | ‡ | |
| 160 | XPA32 (J. Tseng) | xpa32 | |
| 161 | RK (M.Taylor) | RK | |
| 162 | RPM | RPM | |
| 163 | DeepFreezer | Yamazaki zipper archive | |
| 164 | ZZip (Damien Debin) | Zzip | |
| 165 | DC (Edgar Binder) | ‡ | |
| 166 | TPac (Tim Gordon) | TPAC (Tim Gordon) | |
| 167 | Ai (E.Ilya) | Ai Archiver | |
| 168 | Ybs (Vadim Yoockin) | ‡ | |
| 169 | Ai32 (E.Ilya) | Ai Archiver | |
| 170 | SBC (Sami Mäkinen) | ‡ | |
| 171 | DitPack | DitPack | ‡ |
| 172 | DMS | Disk Masher System | |
| 173 | EPC | ||
| 174 | VSARC | (Vectorsoft) | |
| 175 | PDZ | ‡ | |
| 176 | Package for the Web | PackageForTheWeb | |
| 177 | NullSoft Installer | NSIS | |
| 178 | Wise Installer | Wise installer package | |
| 179 | DZip (Nolan Pflug) | Dzip | |
| 180 | 7z | 7z | |
| 181 | ReDuq (J. Mintjes) | Reduq | ‡ |
| 182 | aPackage | ||
| 183 | WinImage | ||
| 184 | GCA | GCA | |
| 185 | PPMN (Max Smirnov) | ‡ | |
| 186 | SAPCAR | CAR (SAP), SAR | |
| 187 | Compressia | Compressia | |
| 188 | UHBC | UHBC | |
| 189 | PKZip6/BZip2 | ZIP with bzip2 compression |
A ‡ symbol means the software is probably available in the SAC collection.
