Archiving

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* [[LBR]] (.lbr)
 
* [[LBR]] (.lbr)
 
* [[Tape Archive]] (.tar)
 
* [[Tape Archive]] (.tar)
* [[LIB]] (.a, .lib) <!-- as used for libraries during compilation/linking; unix "ar" tool -->
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* [[AR]] file format (.a, .lib) -- Unix Archiver (ar) format as used by various compilers/linkers
 
* [[CPIO]] (.cpio)
 
* [[CPIO]] (.cpio)
  

Revision as of 04:47, 5 November 2012

File Formats > Electronic File Formats > Compression

(Lossless, for generic data + file archives)


Compression + archiving

(Multiple files => 1 file, makes it smaller)

Archiving only

(many files => 1 file, no compression attempted)

  • BinHex (.hqx)
  • LBR (.lbr)
  • Tape Archive (.tar)
  • AR file format (.a, .lib) -- Unix Archiver (ar) format as used by various compilers/linkers
  • CPIO (.cpio)

Compression only

(1 file => 1 file, makes it smaller)


Unknown

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