JAR (ARJ Software)

File Format
Name	JAR (ARJ Software)
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Archiving JAR (ARJ Software)
Extension(s)	.j
Released	~1996

JAR is a file archiving and compression utility, and associated file format. It was developed by ARJ Software, as the successor to ARJ. It is not related to the Java archive JAR format.

Identification

The following signature appears at offset 14: 0x1a 'J' 'a' 'r' 0x1b 0x00.

For more information, see the TECHNOTE file included with the software.

Software

• JAR v1.02 - Includes software for DOS and Windows console

Sample files

• https://telparia.com/fileFormatSamples/archive/jarARJ/

Links

• JAR website