UFA

File Format
Name	UFA
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Archiving UFA
Extension(s)	.ufa
Released	1996 (beta)

UFA is an experimental compressed archive utility (also known as UFA Archiver), and related file format, developed by Igor Pavlov. It is one of the predecessors of 7z.

The formats used by different (beta) versions are not necessarily compatible.

The first release (0.00) was a DOS program; all later releases were for Windows console.

Identification

According to the file command, files start with ASCII "UFA".

Related formats

See 7z#Related formats.

Software

• UFA Version 0.00 (Alpha+Gamma)/2 (for DOS)
• UFA Version 0.04 Beta 1 (for Windows console)

Links

• UFA-777-BIX website (2004 archive)
  • Note: An older URL is http://compression.hypermart.net/ufa/index.html