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 | JARCS |
| 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 | CODEC (Telvox) |
| 54 | AMGC | AMG (compressed archive) |
| 55 | NuLIB | |
| 56 | PAKLeo (PLL) | |
| 57 | TGZ | Gzip (or tar + Gzip) |
| 58 | WWPack-Data | WWPACK |
| 59 | ChArc | |
| 60 | PSA | |
| 61 | ZAR | |
| 62 | LHark | LHARK |
| 63 | CrossePAC | |
| 64 | Freeze | Freeze/Melt |
| 65 | KBoom | |
| 66 | NSQ | Squeeze |
| 67 | DPA | |
| 68 | TTComp | TTComp archive |
| 69 | WIC (Fake!) | |
| 70 | RKive | RKIVE |
| 71 | JAR | JAR (ARJ Software) |
| 72 | ESP | |
| 73 | ZPack | Z/Install Lite |
| 74 | DRY | |
| 75 | OWS (Fake!) | |
| 76 | SKY | |
| 77 | ARI | |
| 78 | UFA | UFA |
| 79 | Microsoft CAB | Cabinet |
| 80 | FOXSQZ | |
| 81 | AR7 | AR7 |
| 82 | TSComp | TSComp |
| 83 | PPMZ | |
| 84 | MS Compress | MS-DOS installation compression |
| 85 | MP3 (Marco Czudej) | |
| 86 | ZET | |
| 87 | XPack Data | XPACK |
| 88 | XPack Diskimage | XPACK |
| 89 | ARQ | |
| 90 | ACE | ACE |
| 91 | Squash | Squash ARH |
| 92 | Terse | TERSE |
| 93 | XPack single data | XPACK |
| 94 | Stuffit (Mac) | StuffIt |
| 95 | PUCrunch | |
| 96 | BZip | bzip |
| 97 | UHarc | UHARC |
| 98 | ABComp | |
| 99 | CMP (André Olejko) | |
| 100 | BZip2 | bzip2 |
| 101 | LZOP | lzop |
| 102 | szip | Sunzip |
| 103 | Splint | |
| 104 | TAR | Tape Archive |
| 105 | InstallShield | |
| 106 | CARComp | |
| 107 | LZS | LHA with LArc compression |
| 108 | BOA | |
| 109 | InstallShield Z | InstallShield Z |
| 110 | ARG | ARG |
| 111 | Gather | |
| 112 | Pack Magic | |
| 113 | BTS | (Big Tree Software Archiver) |
| 114 | ELI 5750 | |
| 115 | QFC | |
| 116 | PRO-PACK | Pro-Pack |
| 117 | MSXiE | (Mercury Soft Technology) |
| 118 | RAX | |
| 119 | 777 | 777 |
| 120 | LZS221 | LZS221 (Stac) |
| 121 | HPA | (Hungarian Pirate Alliance) |
| 122 | Arhangel | (George Lyapko) |
| 123 | EXP1 | (Bulat Ziganshin) |
| 124 | IMP | IMP |
| 125 | BMF | BMF (Dmitry Shkarin) |
| 126 | NRV | (Markus Oberhumer) |
| 127 | oPAQue | (Dmitry Dvoinikov) |
| 128 | Squish (Mike Albert) | |
| 129 | Par | (ParB) |
| 130 | HIT (Bogdan Ureche) | |
| 131 | SBX | |
| 132 | NaShrinK | |
| 133 | Disintegrator | |
| 134 | ASD (T. Svensson) | |
| 135 | InstallShield CAB | InstallShield CAB |
| 136 | TOP4 | |
| 137 | BatComp (4DOS) | |
| 138 | BlakHole | BlakHole |
| 139 | BIX (Igor Pavlov) | BIX |
| 140 | ChiefLZA | ChiefLZ archive format |
| 141 | Blink (D.T.S.) | |
| 142 | CAR (MylesHi!) | CAR (MylesHi!) |
| 143 | SARJ | |
| 144 | Compack Sfx | COMPACK |
| 145 | Logitech Compress | |
| 146 | ARS-Sfx | |
| 147 | AKT | |
| 148 | Flash | |
| 149 | PC/3270 | |
| 150 | NPack | |
| 151 | PFT | (Perfect Finishing Touch) |
| 152 | Xtreme | |
| 153 | SemOne | |
| 154 | AKT32 | |
| 155 | InstallIt | |
| 156 | PPMD | PPMd |
| 157 | Swag | SWG |
| 158 | FIZ | |
| 159 | BA (M. Lundqvist) | |
| 160 | XPA32 (J. Tseng) | |
| 161 | RK (M.Taylor) | RK |
| 162 | RPM | RPM |
| 163 | DeepFreezer | Yamazaki zipper archive |
| 164 | ZZip (Damien Debin) | Zzip |
| 165 | DC (Edgar Binder) | |
| 166 | TPac (Tim Gordon) | TPAC (Tim Gordon) |
| 167 | Ai (E.Ilya) | |
| 168 | Ybs (Vadim Yoockin) | |
| 169 | Ai32 (E.Ilya) | |
| 170 | SBC (Sami Mäkinen) | |
| 171 | DitPack | |
| 172 | DMS | Disk Masher System |
| 173 | EPC | |
| 174 | VSARC | |
| 175 | PDZ | |
| 176 | Package for the Web | PackageForTheWeb |
| 177 | NullSoft Installer | NSIS |
| 178 | Wise Installer | |
| 179 | DZip (Nolan Pflug) | Dzip |
| 180 | 7z | 7z |
| 181 | ReDuq (J. Mintjes) | |
| 182 | aPackage | |
| 183 | WinImage | |
| 184 | GCA | GCA |
| 185 | PPMN (Max Smirnov) | |
| 186 | SAPCAR | CAR |
| 187 | Compressia | |
| 188 | UHBC | |
| 189 | PKZip6/BZip2 | ZIP with bzip2 compression |
