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(Lossless, for generic data + file archives)
 
(Lossless, for generic data + file archives)
 
See also: [[Compression]], [[Error detection and correction]]
 
  
 
== Archiving only ==
 
== Archiving only ==
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* [[Mozilla Archive]] (.mar)
 
* [[Mozilla Archive]] (.mar)
 
* [[pax]]
 
* [[pax]]
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* [[QFC]]
 
* [[Quake PAK]]
 
* [[Quake PAK]]
 
* [[SAVF]]
 
* [[SAVF]]
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* [[ARI (compressed archive)|ARI]]
 
* [[ARI (compressed archive)|ARI]]
 
* [[ARJ]]
 
* [[ARJ]]
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* [[ARQ]]
 
* [[ARX]]
 
* [[ARX]]
 
* [[ASD Archiver]]
 
* [[ASD Archiver]]
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* [[BIX]]
 
* [[BIX]]
 
* [[BlakHole]] (.bh)
 
* [[BlakHole]] (.bh)
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* [[BLINK]] (.bli)
 
* [[BRU]] - (RSX-11M backup)
 
* [[BRU]] - (RSX-11M backup)
 
* [[BSArc and BSA]]
 
* [[BSArc and BSA]]
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* [[Compact File Set]] (.cfs)
 
* [[Compact File Set]] (.cfs)
 
* [[Compact Pro]] (.cpt)
 
* [[Compact Pro]] (.cpt)
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* [[CP Shrink]] (.cpz)
 
* [[CRUSH]]
 
* [[CRUSH]]
 
* [[Disk Archiver]] (.dar)
 
* [[Disk Archiver]] (.dar)
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* [[packARC]] (.pja)
 
* [[packARC]] (.pja)
 
* [[Packdir]] (RISC OS)
 
* [[Packdir]] (RISC OS)
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* [[PACKER (ImagiSOFT)‎]] (The Finishing Touch)
 
* [[PackIt]] (.pit)
 
* [[PackIt]] (.pit)
 
* [[PAK]] (.pak) - various formats
 
* [[PAK]] (.pak) - various formats
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* [[Quadruple D Archiver]] (.qda)
 
* [[Quadruple D Archiver]] (.qda)
 
* [[Quantum compressed archive]] (.q)
 
* [[Quantum compressed archive]] (.q)
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* [[QuARK]] (.ark)
 
* [[RAR]] (.rar)
 
* [[RAR]] (.rar)
 
* [[RARC (Nintendo)]]
 
* [[RARC (Nintendo)]]
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* [[YAC]] (.yc)
 
* [[YAC]] (.yc)
 
* [[Yamazaki zipper archive]] (.yz1) - used in DeepFreezer
 
* [[Yamazaki zipper archive]] (.yz1) - used in DeepFreezer
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* [[ZAR (Zip-Archiv)]]
 
* [[Zet]]
 
* [[Zet]]
 
* [[ZIP]] (.zip)
 
* [[ZIP]] (.zip)
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== Program/App/Applet/Installer specialized archive formats ==
 
== Program/App/Applet/Installer specialized archive formats ==
 
* [[APK]] (Android app)
 
* [[APK]] (Android app)
* [[ARK (executable library)]]
 
 
* [[Bundle file (Linux)]]
 
* [[Bundle file (Linux)]]
 
* [[Bundle file (OS X)]]
 
* [[Bundle file (OS X)]]
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* [[Cakewalk Bundle (BUN)]]
 
* [[Cakewalk Bundle (BUN)]]
 
* [[Cakewalk Bundle (CWB)]]
 
* [[Cakewalk Bundle (CWB)]]
* [[COM-Pack library]]
 
 
* [[Cross-Platform Installer Module]]
 
* [[Cross-Platform Installer Module]]
 
* [[deb]] (Debian package)
 
* [[deb]] (Debian package)
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* [[Wise installer package]]
 
* [[Wise installer package]]
 
* [[XAR (Executable Archive)]]
 
* [[XAR (Executable Archive)]]
* [[XEQ]]
 
 
* [[Z/Install Lite]]
 
* [[Z/Install Lite]]
  
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(in addition, some of the other archivers are able to produce executable files for some platform which include the archived data and a program to extract them, and generally have the file extension normal for executables, such as .exe for DOS/Windows. In many cases, if you rename the extension to the appropriate one for the archive type involved, e.g., '''.zip''', the file will open in the appropriate archiver, which is handy for extracting them on systems not compatible with the original executable.)
 
(in addition, some of the other archivers are able to produce executable files for some platform which include the archived data and a program to extract them, and generally have the file extension normal for executables, such as .exe for DOS/Windows. In many cases, if you rename the extension to the appropriate one for the archive type involved, e.g., '''.zip''', the file will open in the appropriate archiver, which is handy for extracting them on systems not compatible with the original executable.)
 
* [[COMPACK]] / BUILDSFX
 
* [[COMPACK]] / BUILDSFX
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* [[LHA/LHarc self-extracting archive]]
 
* [[SDA]] (Self Dissolving Archive)
 
* [[SDA]] (Self Dissolving Archive)
 
* [[SEA (StuffIt)]] (StuffIt Self-Extracting Archive)
 
* [[SEA (StuffIt)]] (StuffIt Self-Extracting Archive)
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* [[GEOS Convert]] (.cvt)
 
* [[GEOS Convert]] (.cvt)
 
* [[MacBinary]]
 
* [[MacBinary]]
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* [[MAR Utility]]
 
* [[oric-dsk-manager exported file]]
 
* [[oric-dsk-manager exported file]]
 
* [[TI variable file]]
 
* [[TI variable file]]
  
 
For low-level transfer encodings, see [[Transfer Encodings]].
 
For low-level transfer encodings, see [[Transfer Encodings]].
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== See also ==
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* [[Backup]]
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* [[Compression]]
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* [[Disk Image Formats]]
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* [[Executable envelopes#Executable libraries]]
  
 
== Links ==
 
== Links ==

Revision as of 16:49, 9 December 2021

File Format
Name Archiving
Ontology

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(Lossless, for generic data + file archives)

Contents

Archiving only

(many files => 1 file, no compression attempted)

Compression + archiving

(Multiple files => 1 file, makes it smaller. See Compression for formats that compress single files/streams, and Disk Image Formats for formats that capture the low-level structure of a disk)

Diff files

(containing only the parts of a file that have changed, so they can be applied to an existing file to update it; used for update distribution and incremental backups)

See also Wikipedia:Data differencing.

Encrypted or cryptographically signed archives

File splitting

(1 file => multiple files. Most file splitting utilities just produce raw file fragments, and don't have a native file format. But some use a container format, and some create a separate "control" file for metadata.)

Also, the two sorts of Horcrux, Horcrux (jesseduffield) and Horcrux (kndyry), are split-and-encrypted files.

Filesystem backup and restoration

Formats designed for backing up disks, usually specifically targeted at particular filesystems (but backing it up in the form of file structures, not raw sector images like Disk Image Formats).

Institutional archiving

Metadata formats

(see also Metadata, Bibliographic data)

Miscellaneous

Program/App/Applet/Installer specialized archive formats

Self-extracting archives

(in addition, some of the other archivers are able to produce executable files for some platform which include the archived data and a program to extract them, and generally have the file extension normal for executables, such as .exe for DOS/Windows. In many cases, if you rename the extension to the appropriate one for the archive type involved, e.g., .zip, the file will open in the appropriate archiver, which is handy for extracting them on systems not compatible with the original executable.)

Software

Refer to Compression and archiving software.

Transfer formats

(encapsulate a system-specific file structure to make it compatible with foreign systems, file transfer protocols, etc.)

For low-level transfer encodings, see Transfer Encodings.

See also

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