RAR
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'''R'''oshal '''AR'''chive (RAR) is a proprietary file format used by the compression software WinRAR. They make the decompression code available for use in other programs and allow its distribution, but with a license provision that "You cannot use the unrar source to re-create the RAR compression algorithm, which is proprietary." | '''R'''oshal '''AR'''chive (RAR) is a proprietary file format used by the compression software WinRAR. They make the decompression code available for use in other programs and allow its distribution, but with a license provision that "You cannot use the unrar source to re-create the RAR compression algorithm, which is proprietary." | ||
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| + | == File identification == | ||
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| + | Current versions start their files with (hex) <code>52 61 72 21 1A 07 00</code>. Early versions (for which no format documentation is known) start with <code>52 45 7E 5E</code>. | ||
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Revision as of 04:21, 22 October 2013
Roshal ARchive (RAR) is a proprietary file format used by the compression software WinRAR. They make the decompression code available for use in other programs and allow its distribution, but with a license provision that "You cannot use the unrar source to re-create the RAR compression algorithm, which is proprietary."
File identification
Current versions start their files with (hex) 52 61 72 21 1A 07 00. Early versions (for which no format documentation is known) start with 52 45 7E 5E.
Links
- Wikipedia article
- WinRAR website
- Free UnRAR.dll
- UnRAR source
- Forensics Wiki article (has lots of format details)
