ARC (FreeArc)

File Format
Name	ARC (FreeArc)
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Archiving ARC (FreeArc)
Extension(s)	.arc
PRONOM	fmt/1096
Wikidata ID	Q28600246
Released	2006

FreeArc is a full-featured archiving application, developed by Bulat Ziganshin. Its native .arc format is unfortunately not compatible with any of the other ".arc" formats.

Its official site (when it still existed) featured downloads of Windows and Linux versions of FreeArc, documentation, and a downloadable set of source code which might be of use to somebody attempting to figure out the details of the file format, since the documentation doesn't give this sort of detail.

FreeArc also supports several self-extracting archive formats.

Identification

FreeArc archive files start with signature bytes 0x41 0x72 0x43 0x01 (which starts with ASCII "ArC").

Software

• FreeArc software at SourceForge
• Konvertor

Sample files

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

Links

• Official site (archived copy)
• Wikipedia: FreeArc