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== Identifiers == | == Identifiers == | ||
| − | For single-file archives, often the last letter of the filename extension is changed to "$". For multi-file archives, the most common extensions seem to be '''.lib''' and '''.cmp'''. | + | For single-file archives, often the last letter of the filename extension is changed to "$". Sometimes an exclamation mark is used instead of the dollar sign, which appears to be the case when an archive with $ as the last name character already exists. For multi-file archives, the most common extensions seem to be '''.lib''' and '''.cmp'''. |
| + | Many archives of this type have no suffix but $ as last character of file name. | ||
| + | A few contain only a single file instead of several files. | ||
== Identification == | == Identification == | ||
Files begin with bytes: {{magic|65 5D 13 8C 08 01}}. | Files begin with bytes: {{magic|65 5D 13 8C 08 01}}. | ||
| + | At offset 8 the filename style byte is stored. | ||
| + | The value 1 means without wildcard. | ||
| + | This is typically the case for the single variant. | ||
| + | The value 2 means with wildcard. | ||
| + | This is the case for the other variant. | ||
== Software == | == Software == | ||
Revision as of 21:28, 3 December 2023
TSComp is the informal name of a compressed archive format used by some versions of the InstallShield installation software by The Stirling Group. It is also supported by a DOS utility named The Stirling Compressor. It uses PKWARE DCL Implode compression.
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Identifiers
For single-file archives, often the last letter of the filename extension is changed to "$". Sometimes an exclamation mark is used instead of the dollar sign, which appears to be the case when an archive with $ as the last name character already exists. For multi-file archives, the most common extensions seem to be .lib and .cmp. Many archives of this type have no suffix but $ as last character of file name. A few contain only a single file instead of several files.
Identification
Files begin with bytes: 65 5D 13 8C 08 01.
At offset 8 the filename style byte is stored.
The value 1 means without wildcard.
This is typically the case for the single variant.
The value 2 means with wildcard.
This is the case for the other variant.
Software
- The Stirling Compressor v1.3.21
- untsc A command line extractor with source in Golang.
- Deark can list and extract the contents of archives via tscomp module.
