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'''ARJ''' is a compressed archive format, and associated software. It was developed by Robert Jung.
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ARJ was one of the leading compression tools during the 1990s. While it was a bit slower than [[ZIP|PKZIP]], it sported many more options, some of which were unique during that time (archives over multiple disks/volumes, fine-tuning of the compression algorithms used based on the data that was being compressed, recovery records to recover from simple transmission errors, etc.).
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See also:
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* [[JAR (ARJ Software)]]
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* [[SDN (SDN Project)]]
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== Identification ==
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An ARJ archive starts with signature bytes {{magic|0x60 0xea}}.
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The full identification algorithm used by the ARJ software is given in its technical documentation.
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== Specifications ==
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* The ARJ/UNARJ distributions include detailed format information, in a file named TECHNOTE.TXT or similar.
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** [https://github.com/FarGroup/FarManager/blob/master/plugins/multiarc/arc.doc/arj.txt A copy of the 2001-09 version] (with an addendum of some sort)
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* [http://www.fileformat.info/format/arj/corion.htm The ARJ Archive File Format], from fileformat.info and Corion.net
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== Software ==
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* [http://www.arjsoftware.com/ Official homepage of ARJ software]
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* ARJ - Official compression/decompression software for DOS
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** {{CdTextfiles|nightowl/carrs/015A/ARJ013A.ZIP|v0.13a}} (1990-09-29)
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** {{CdTextfiles|hof91/ARC/ARJ100.LZH|v1.00}} (1991-02-07)
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** {{CdTextfiles|pier/pier01/001a/arj230.exe|v2.30}} (1992-01-19)
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** {{CdTextfiles|simtel/simtel20/MSDOS/ARCHIVRS/ARJ241A.EXE|v2.41a}} (1993-07-10)
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** {{CdTextfiles|simtel/stmsdos9709/disk1/DISC1/ARCERS/ARJ250A.EXE|v2.50a}} (1995-12-12)
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** [http://www.filegate.net/compress/arj271.exe v2.71] (1999-12-19)
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** [https://www.sac.sk/download/pack/arj286.exe v2.86] (2012-01-02)
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* ARJ32 - Official compression/decompression software for Windows console
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** [http://www.filegate.net/compress/arj32v3j.exe v3.04] (1999-12-19)
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** [https://www.sac.sk/download/pack/arj32320.exe v3.20] (2012-01-02)
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* UNARJ - Official software, decompression only
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** {{CdTextfiles|simtel/simtel20/MSDOS/ARCHIVRS/UNARJ241.ZIP|v2.41}} (1993-04) - Source code + DOS binary
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** [https://www.sac.sk/download/pack/unarj265.exe v2.65] (2002-06) - Source code + DOS binary + Windows console binary
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* [[7-Zip]]
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* [http://arj.sourceforge.net/ Open-source ARJ]
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* [[Konvertor]]
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''Ed. note: Some newer versions of ARJ/ARJ32 have a long delay (2 minutes?) when you run them.''
  
==Overview==
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== Sample files ==
ARJ was one of the leading compression tools during the nineties. While it was a bit slower than PkZIP, it sported many more options, some of which were unique during that time (archives over multiple disks/volumes, finetuning of the compression algorithms used based on the data that was being compressed, recovery records to recover from simple transmission errors, etc.)
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* {{CdTextfilesURL|20mnn/HPTEXT/PHRACK/}}
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* {{CdTextfiles|silvercollection/|The Silver Collection}} CDs have many ARJ files
  
==Resources==
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== Links ==
* official homepage of ARJ software[http://www.arjsoftware.com/]
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* [[Wikipedia:ARJ|Wikipedia article]]
* Wikipedia page on ARJ[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARJ]
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* Page on fileformat.info[http://www.fileformat.info/format/arj/corion.htm]
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* Open-Source implementation of an ARJ compressor/decompressor[http://arj.sourceforge.net/]
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Revision as of 17:48, 3 July 2020

File Format
Name ARJ
Ontology
Extension(s) .arj
PRONOM fmt/610
Wikidata ID Q2693033
Released 1990 (beta), 1991 (v1.00)

ARJ is a compressed archive format, and associated software. It was developed by Robert Jung.

ARJ was one of the leading compression tools during the 1990s. While it was a bit slower than PKZIP, it sported many more options, some of which were unique during that time (archives over multiple disks/volumes, fine-tuning of the compression algorithms used based on the data that was being compressed, recovery records to recover from simple transmission errors, etc.).

See also:

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Identification

An ARJ archive starts with signature bytes 0x60 0xea.

The full identification algorithm used by the ARJ software is given in its technical documentation.

Specifications

Software

Ed. note: Some newer versions of ARJ/ARJ32 have a long delay (2 minutes?) when you run them.

Sample files

Links

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