IDArc
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IDArc is an open source DOS program for identifying archiving and compression formats. It was developed by Jürgen Peters.
Some of its format knowledge has been incorporated into the File command's database.
External links
- IDArc v2.15.01-German (2003-10-10)
- IDArc v2.15.01-English
- Archived website - German
- Archived website - English
IDArc version 2.15.03 (2004-02-02) apparently exists, but has not been located.
List of recognized formats
List of recognized formats, from version 2.15.01:
| ID | Name | References and remarks |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ARC | ARC (compression format) |
| 2 | ZIP | ZIP, Self-extracting ZIP |
| 3 | ZOO | Zoo |
| 4 | LZH | LHA |
| 5 | DWC | DWC |
| 6 | MDCD | MDCD |
| 7 | LBR | LBR |
| 8 | ARJ | ARJ |
| 9 | HYP | Hyper archive |
| 10 | UC2 | UltraCompressor II |
| 11 | HAP | HAP |
| 12 | HA | HA |
| 13 | HPack (HPK) | HPACK (compressed archive) |
| 14 | SQZ (Squeeze It) | Squeeze It |
| 15 | RAR | RAR |
| 16 | PAK | PAK (ARC extension) |
| 17 | ARC+ | ARC (compression format)#ARC Plus |
| 18 | LIM | LIMIT |
| 19 | BSN (BSA/PTS-DOS) | |
| 20 | PUT | PUT |
| 21 | SQWEZ | SQWEZ |
| 22 | Crush/ZIP | CRUSH + ZIP |
| 23 | Crush/ARJ | CRUSH + ARJ |
| 24 | Crush/LZH | CRUSH + LHA |
| 25 | Crush/ZOO | CRUSH + Zoo |
| 26 | Crush/HA | CRUSH + HA |
| 27 | LZExe | LZEXE |
| 28 | PKLite | PKLITE |
| 29 | Diet | DIET (compression) |
| 30 | TinyProg | TINYPROG |
| 31 | GIF | GIF |
| 32 | JPG (JFIF) | JFIF |
| 33 | JPG (HSI) | HSI JPEG |
| 34 | AIN | AIN |
| 35 | AINEXE | AIN#AINEXE |
| 36 | SAR | SAR (Streamline Design) |
| 37 | BS2/BSArc | |
| 38 | GZIP/Comp 4.3 | Gzip, compress (Unix) |
| 39 | ACB | |
| 40 | MAR | Micrognosis Compression Archiver |
| 41 | CPZ (CPShrink) | |
| 42 | JRC | JRchive |
| 43 | JArcs | JAR (ARJ Software) |
| 44 | Quantum | Quantum compressed archive |
| 45 | ReSOF | |
| 46 | Crush/uncompressed | CRUSH |
| 47 | ARX | ARX |
| 48 | UCEXE | UCEXE |
| 49 | WWPack | WWPACK |
| 50 | QuArk | |
| 51 | YAC | YAC |
| 52 | X1 | |
| 53 | Codec | |
| 54 | AMGC | |
| 55 | NuLIB | |
| 56 | PAKLeo (PLL) | |
| 57 | TGZ | |
| 58 | WWPack-Data | |
| 59 | ChArc | |
| 60 | PSA | |
| 61 | ZAR | |
| 62 | LHark | |
| 63 | CrossePAC | |
| 64 | Freeze | |
| 65 | KBoom | |
| 66 | NSQ | |
| 67 | DPA | |
| 68 | TTComp | |
| 69 | WIC (Fake!) | |
| 70 | RKive | |
| 71 | JAR | |
| 72 | ESP | |
| 73 | ZPack | |
| 74 | DRY | |
| 75 | OWS (Fake!) | |
| 76 | SKY | |
| 77 | ARI | |
| 78 | UFA | |
| 79 | Microsoft CAB | |
| 80 | FOXSQZ | |
| 81 | AR7 | |
| 82 | TSComp | |
| 83 | PPMZ | |
| 84 | MS Compress | |
| 85 | MP3 (Marco Czudej) | |
| 86 | ZET | |
| 87 | XPack Data | |
| 88 | XPack Diskimage | |
| 89 | ARQ | |
| 90 | ACE | |
| 91 | Squash | |
| 92 | Terse | |
| 93 | XPack single data | |
| 94 | Stuffit (Mac) | |
| 95 | PUCrunch | |
| 96 | BZip | |
| 97 | UHarc | |
| 98 | ABComp | |
| 99 | CMP (André Olejko) | |
| 100 | BZip2 | |
| 101 | LZOP | |
| 102 | szip | |
| 103 | Splint | |
| 104 | TAR | |
| 105 | InstallShield | |
| 106 | CARComp | |
| 107 | LZS | |
| 108 | BOA | |
| 109 | InstallShield Z | |
| 110 | ARG | |
| 111 | Gather | |
| 112 | Pack Magic | |
| 113 | BTS | |
| 114 | ELI 5750 | |
| 115 | QFC | |
| 116 | PRO-PACK | |
| 117 | MSXiE | |
| 118 | RAX | |
| 119 | 777 | |
| 120 | LZS221 | |
| 121 | HPA | |
| 122 | Arhangel | |
| 123 | EXP1 | |
| 124 | IMP | |
| 125 | BMF | |
| 126 | NRV | |
| 127 | oPAQue | |
| 128 | Squish (Mike Albert) | |
| 129 | Par | |
| 130 | HIT (Bogdan Ureche) | |
| 131 | SBX | |
| 132 | NaShrinK | |
| 133 | Disintegrator | |
| 134 | ASD (T. Svensson) | |
| 135 | InstallShield CAB | |
| 136 | TOP4 | |
| 137 | BatComp (4DOS) | |
| 138 | BlakHole | |
| 139 | BIX (Igor Pavlov) | |
| 140 | ChiefLZA | |
| 141 | Blink (D.T.S.) | |
| 142 | CAR (MylesHi!) | |
| 143 | SARJ | |
| 144 | Compack Sfx | |
| 145 | Logitech Compress | |
| 146 | ARS-Sfx | |
| 147 | AKT | |
| 148 | Flash | |
| 149 | PC/3270 | |
| 150 | NPack | |
| 151 | PFT | |
| 152 | Xtreme | |
| 153 | SemOne | |
| 154 | AKT32 | |
| 155 | InstallIt | |
| 156 | PPMD | |
| 157 | Swag | |
| 158 | FIZ | |
| 159 | BA (M. Lundqvist) | |
| 160 | XPA32 (J. Tseng) | |
| 161 | RK (M.Taylor) | |
| 162 | RPM | |
| 163 | DeepFreezer | |
| 164 | ZZip (Damien Debin) | |
| 165 | DC (Edgar Binder) | |
| 166 | TPac (Tim Gordon) | |
| 167 | Ai (E.Ilya) | |
| 168 | Ybs (Vadim Yoockin) | |
| 169 | Ai32 (E.Ilya) | |
| 170 | SBC (Sami Mäkinen) | |
| 171 | DitPack | |
| 172 | DMS | |
| 173 | EPC | |
| 174 | VSARC | |
| 175 | PDZ | |
| 176 | Package for the Web | |
| 177 | NullSoft Installer | |
| 178 | Wise Installer | |
| 179 | DZip (Nolan Pflug) | |
| 180 | 7z | |
| 181 | ReDuq (J. Mintjes) | |
| 182 | aPackage | |
| 183 | WinImage | |
| 184 | GCA | |
| 185 | PPMN (Max Smirnov) | |
| 186 | SAPCAR | |
| 187 | Compressia | |
| 188 | UHBC | |
| 189 | PKZip6/BZip2 |
