PAK (ARC extension)
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According to the documentation, the PAK software was originally (very briefly) named '''GSARC'''. | According to the documentation, the PAK software was originally (very briefly) named '''GSARC'''. | ||
| − | See [[ARC (compression format)|ARC]] for more information relevant to PAK format. | + | See [[ARC (compression format)|ARC]] for more information relevant to PAK format. See also [[SDN (SDN Project)]]. |
== Disambiguation == | == Disambiguation == | ||
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PAK is a DOS utility for managing compressed archive files, developed by NoGate Consulting. It is also the name of one of the file formats it supports: .PAK format.
PAK format is an extension of ARC format. The differences are that it may use some PAK-specific compression methods (#10 "crushed", and #11 "distilled"), and that it has some features made possible by "extended records" stored after the end-of-archive marker.
According to the documentation, the PAK software was originally (very briefly) named GSARC.
See ARC for more information relevant to PAK format. See also SDN (SDN Project).
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Disambiguation
See PAK for more formats named PAK.
Specifications
The PAK.DOC file contained in the v2.51 distribution includes basic information about .PAK/.ARC format, including the extended records. It does not document the compression schemes in detail.
Software
- PAK (software for DOS)
- v1.6 (1989-01-24)
- v2.10 (1989-08-10)
- v2.50 (1990-09-20)
- v2.51 (1990-10-08)
- Another copy, packaged differently
- The Unarchiver - Supports the PAK-specific compression schemes
