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* [[CAR (CarComp)]] | * [[CAR (CarComp)]] | ||
* [[cpio]] (.cpio) | * [[cpio]] (.cpio) | ||
+ | * [[DPK]] | ||
* [[FAR (The Sims)]] (.far) | * [[FAR (The Sims)]] (.far) | ||
* [[Flash (Micro TECH Systems)]] (.flh) | * [[Flash (Micro TECH Systems)]] (.flh) | ||
+ | * [[GRP (Build Engine Group Archive)]] (.grp) | ||
* [[Hamster archive]] | * [[Hamster archive]] | ||
+ | * [[HMM Packfile]] | ||
+ | * [[HRX]] | ||
* [[LBR]] (.lbr) | * [[LBR]] (.lbr) | ||
* [[LBR (Commodore)]] (.lbr) | * [[LBR (Commodore)]] (.lbr) | ||
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* [[Mozilla Archive]] (.mar) | * [[Mozilla Archive]] (.mar) | ||
* [[pax]] | * [[pax]] | ||
+ | * [[QFC]] | ||
* [[Quake PAK]] | * [[Quake PAK]] | ||
* [[SAVF]] | * [[SAVF]] | ||
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* [[ACE]] (.ace) | * [[ACE]] (.ace) | ||
* [[afio]] | * [[afio]] | ||
+ | * [[Ai Archiver]] (.ai) | ||
* [[AIN]] (.ain) | * [[AIN]] (.ain) | ||
* [[ALZ]] (.alz) (ALZip) | * [[ALZ]] (.alz) (ALZip) | ||
* [[AMG (compressed archive)|AMG]] (AMGC) | * [[AMG (compressed archive)|AMG]] (AMGC) | ||
+ | * [[ar (Haruhiko Okumura)]] | ||
* [[AR7]] | * [[AR7]] | ||
* [[ARC (compression format)|ARC]] (PC/MS-DOS) (.arc) | * [[ARC (compression format)|ARC]] (PC/MS-DOS) (.arc) | ||
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* [[ARI (compressed archive)|ARI]] | * [[ARI (compressed archive)|ARI]] | ||
* [[ARJ]] | * [[ARJ]] | ||
+ | * [[ARJZ]] | ||
+ | * [[ARQ]] | ||
* [[ARX]] | * [[ARX]] | ||
* [[ASD Archiver]] | * [[ASD Archiver]] | ||
* [[Astrotite]] (.afa) | * [[Astrotite]] (.afa) | ||
+ | * [[B1]] | ||
* [[B6Z]] (.b6z) | * [[B6Z]] (.b6z) | ||
+ | * [[BGA Archive]] (.bza, .gza) | ||
* [[BIX]] | * [[BIX]] | ||
* [[BlakHole]] (.bh) | * [[BlakHole]] (.bh) | ||
+ | * [[BLINK]] (.bli) | ||
+ | * [[BOA Constrictor Archiver]] | ||
* [[BRU]] - (RSX-11M backup) | * [[BRU]] - (RSX-11M backup) | ||
* [[BSArc and BSA]] | * [[BSArc and BSA]] | ||
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* [[CAR (SAP)|CAR]] (a SAP archive format; also see [[SAR]]) | * [[CAR (SAP)|CAR]] (a SAP archive format; also see [[SAR]]) | ||
* [[CAR (MylesHi!)]] | * [[CAR (MylesHi!)]] | ||
+ | * [[CAZIPXP]] (.caz) | ||
* [[CFL]] (Compressed file library) (.cfl) | * [[CFL]] (Compressed file library) (.cfl) | ||
+ | * [[ChArc]] (.chz) | ||
* [[ChiefLZ]] (LZA) | * [[ChiefLZ]] (LZA) | ||
* [[CMZ (archive format)|CMZ]] | * [[CMZ (archive format)|CMZ]] | ||
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* [[Compact File Set]] (.cfs) | * [[Compact File Set]] (.cfs) | ||
* [[Compact Pro]] (.cpt) | * [[Compact Pro]] (.cpt) | ||
+ | * [[Compressia]] (.car) | ||
+ | * [[CP Shrink]] (.cpz) | ||
* [[CRUSH]] | * [[CRUSH]] | ||
* [[Disk Archiver]] (.dar) | * [[Disk Archiver]] (.dar) | ||
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* [[EGG (ALZip)]] (.egg) | * [[EGG (ALZip)]] (.egg) | ||
* [[ERI (compressed archive)|ERI]] | * [[ERI (compressed archive)|ERI]] | ||
+ | * [[ESP (compressed archive)|ESP]] | ||
* [[Freeze!]] | * [[Freeze!]] | ||
* [[FTCOMP]] | * [[FTCOMP]] | ||
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* [[MDCD]] (.md) | * [[MDCD]] (.md) | ||
* [[Micrognosis Compression Archiver]] (MAR) | * [[Micrognosis Compression Archiver]] (MAR) | ||
+ | * [[MPC (Marco Czudej)]] (.mp3) | ||
* [[MSXiE]] (.xie) | * [[MSXiE]] (.xie) | ||
+ | * [[MZP]] | ||
+ | * [[NaShrinK]] (.nsk) | ||
* [[Now Compress]] | * [[Now Compress]] | ||
* [[NuFX]] (.bxy) | * [[NuFX]] (.bxy) | ||
* [[OOP]] | * [[OOP]] | ||
* [[oPAQue]] | * [[oPAQue]] | ||
+ | * [[PA (PowerArchiver)]] | ||
* [[packARC]] (.pja) | * [[packARC]] (.pja) | ||
* [[Packdir]] (RISC OS) | * [[Packdir]] (RISC OS) | ||
+ | * [[PACKER (ImagiSOFT)]] (The Finishing Touch) | ||
* [[PackIt]] (.pit) | * [[PackIt]] (.pit) | ||
− | * [[PAK]] (.pak) | + | * [[PAK]] (.pak) - various formats |
* [[PAK (ARC extension)]] | * [[PAK (ARC extension)]] | ||
* [[PAQ]] (.pa6, .pa7, .pa8, others) | * [[PAQ]] (.pa6, .pa7, .pa8, others) | ||
+ | * [[PAQJ]] (.qar) | ||
* [[PCX Library]] (.pcl) | * [[PCX Library]] (.pcl) | ||
* [[PEA]] (PeaZIP) (.pea) | * [[PEA]] (PeaZIP) (.pea) | ||
* [[PerfectCompress]] (.uca) | * [[PerfectCompress]] (.uca) | ||
* [[PIM]] (.pim) | * [[PIM]] (.pim) | ||
+ | * [[PKARC/PKPAK]] | ||
* [[PLA]] (ARCHICAD Archive) (.pla) | * [[PLA]] (ARCHICAD Archive) (.pla) | ||
* [[PMA]] (.pma) | * [[PMA]] (.pma) | ||
* [[PPMd]] | * [[PPMd]] | ||
+ | * [[Pretty Simple Archiver]] (.psa) | ||
* [[PUT]] (MicroFox) (.put) | * [[PUT]] (MicroFox) (.put) | ||
* [[Quadruple D Archiver]] (.qda) | * [[Quadruple D Archiver]] (.qda) | ||
* [[Quantum compressed archive]] (.q) | * [[Quantum compressed archive]] (.q) | ||
+ | * [[QuARK]] (.ark) | ||
* [[RAR]] (.rar) | * [[RAR]] (.rar) | ||
* [[RARC (Nintendo)]] | * [[RARC (Nintendo)]] | ||
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* [[Scifer]] (.sen, .ba, .xml) | * [[Scifer]] (.sen, .ba, .xml) | ||
* [[ShrinkIt]] (.shk) | * [[ShrinkIt]] (.shk) | ||
+ | * [[SKY (compressed archive)|SKY]] | ||
* [[Slim!]] | * [[Slim!]] | ||
* [[Softlib]] (Softdisk Publishing) (.slb) | * [[Softlib]] (Softdisk Publishing) (.slb) | ||
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* [[StuffIt]] (.sit) | * [[StuffIt]] (.sit) | ||
* [[StuffIt X]] (.sitx) | * [[StuffIt X]] (.sitx) | ||
+ | * [[SuperPack]] (.spa) | ||
* [[TBAFS]] (RISC OS) | * [[TBAFS]] (RISC OS) | ||
* [[TSComp]] (.tsc) | * [[TSComp]] (.tsc) | ||
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* [[UHARC]] (.uha) | * [[UHARC]] (.uha) | ||
* [[UltraCompressor II]] (.uc, .uc0, .uc2, .ucn, .ur2, .ue2) | * [[UltraCompressor II]] (.uc, .uc0, .uc2, .ucn, .ur2, .ue2) | ||
+ | * [[VEM]] (Sony Virtual Expander] | ||
* [[WARC]] (.warc, .warc.gz) | * [[WARC]] (.warc, .warc.gz) | ||
+ | ** [[WACZ]] (packaged warc) | ||
* [[X (X1)]] (.x) | * [[X (X1)]] (.x) | ||
* [[xar (Extensible Archive)]] (.xar) | * [[xar (Extensible Archive)]] (.xar) | ||
* [[XP3]] (.xp3) - used in [[KiriKiri Adventure Game System]] | * [[XP3]] (.xp3) - used in [[KiriKiri Adventure Game System]] | ||
− | * [[XPACK]] (.xpa) | + | * [[xpa32]] (.xpa) |
+ | * [[XPACK archive]] (.xpa) | ||
* [[YAC]] (.yc) | * [[YAC]] (.yc) | ||
* [[Yamazaki zipper archive]] (.yz1) - used in DeepFreezer | * [[Yamazaki zipper archive]] (.yz1) - used in DeepFreezer | ||
+ | * [[ZAR (Zip-Archiv)]] | ||
+ | * [[Zet]] | ||
* [[ZIP]] (.zip) | * [[ZIP]] (.zip) | ||
* [[Zipx]] (.zipx) | * [[Zipx]] (.zipx) | ||
* [[Zoo]] (.zoo) | * [[Zoo]] (.zoo) | ||
− | * ZPack Lite (.zpk) - See [[Z/Install | + | * [[ZPack (LeadRDRK)]] |
+ | * ZPack [Lite] (.zpk) - See [[Z/Install]] | ||
* [[ZPAQ]] | * [[ZPAQ]] | ||
* [[Zzip]] (.zz) | * [[Zzip]] (.zz) | ||
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* [[ACB (compressed archive)|ACB]] | * [[ACB (compressed archive)|ACB]] | ||
* [[binpatch (Jaap Korthals Altes)]] | * [[binpatch (Jaap Korthals Altes)]] | ||
+ | * [[BinPatch (Kay Hayen)]] | ||
* [[bsdiff]] | * [[bsdiff]] | ||
* [[Courgette]] | * [[Courgette]] | ||
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* [[Unix dump]] | * [[Unix dump]] | ||
* [[Windows Imaging Format]] (.wim, .swm) | * [[Windows Imaging Format]] (.wim, .swm) | ||
+ | |||
+ | See also [[Backup]]. | ||
== Institutional archiving == | == Institutional archiving == | ||
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== Program/App/Applet/Installer specialized archive formats == | == Program/App/Applet/Installer specialized archive formats == | ||
* [[APK]] (Android app) | * [[APK]] (Android app) | ||
− | * [[ | + | ** [[XAPK]] |
+ | *** [[OBB]] | ||
* [[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)]] | ||
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* [[Cross-Platform Installer Module]] | * [[Cross-Platform Installer Module]] | ||
* [[deb]] (Debian package) | * [[deb]] (Debian package) | ||
+ | * [[Eschalon Setup archive]] (.arv) | ||
+ | * [[FIZ]] | ||
* [[Garc archive]] (.gar) | * [[Garc archive]] (.gar) | ||
* [[IPS archive|Image Packaging System (IPS) archive]] (.p5p) | * [[IPS archive|Image Packaging System (IPS) archive]] (.p5p) | ||
* [[IPS manifest|Image Packaging System (IPS) manifest]] (.p5m) | * [[IPS manifest|Image Packaging System (IPS) manifest]] (.p5m) | ||
* [[Inno Setup self-extracting archive]] | * [[Inno Setup self-extracting archive]] | ||
− | * [[InstallShield CAB]] | + | * [[InstallShield]] |
− | * [[InstallShield installer archive]] | + | ** [[InstallShield CAB]] |
− | * [[InstallShield Z]] | + | ** [[InstallShield installer archive]] |
+ | ** [[InstallShield Self-Extracting EXE]] | ||
+ | ** [[InstallShield Z]] | ||
* [[IPA]] (.ipa) => iOS app in archived form; actually in zip format | * [[IPA]] (.ipa) => iOS app in archived form; actually in zip format | ||
+ | * [[IRIX software distribution format]] (.idb, etc.) | ||
* [[Jar]] (.j, .jar) (Java) => this is just a renamed zip file with some mandatory files | * [[Jar]] (.j, .jar) (Java) => this is just a renamed zip file with some mandatory files | ||
* [[Meta-Package File]] (.mpkg) (Mac OS X) | * [[Meta-Package File]] (.mpkg) (Mac OS X) | ||
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* [[Package File (OS X)]] (.pkg) | * [[Package File (OS X)]] (.pkg) | ||
* [[PackageForTheWeb]] | * [[PackageForTheWeb]] | ||
+ | * [[PC-Install]] (20/20 Software) | ||
+ | * [[QIP (Quarterdeck)]] | ||
* [[RED (Knowledge Dynamics)]] | * [[RED (Knowledge Dynamics)]] | ||
* [[RPM]] (RedHat Package Manager) | * [[RPM]] (RedHat Package Manager) | ||
+ | * [[Setup Factory]] (Indigo Rose Software) | ||
* [[SIS]] (Symbian) | * [[SIS]] (Symbian) | ||
* [[Snap]] | * [[Snap]] | ||
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* [[Wise installer package]] | * [[Wise installer package]] | ||
* [[XAR (Executable Archive)]] | * [[XAR (Executable Archive)]] | ||
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* [[Z/Install Lite]] | * [[Z/Install Lite]] | ||
+ | * [[ZSoft ZPK2]] | ||
== Self-extracting archives == | == 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.) | (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 | ||
+ | * [[LHA/LHarc self-extracting archive]] | ||
+ | * [[NETSEND]] | ||
* [[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]] | ||
+ | * [[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 == | ||
+ | * [[Backup]] | ||
+ | * [[Compression]] | ||
+ | * [[Disk Image Formats]] | ||
+ | * [[Executable envelopes#Executable libraries]] | ||
== Links == | == Links == |
Revision as of 17:07, 29 December 2022
(Lossless, for generic data + file archives)
Archiving only
(many files => 1 file, no compression attempted)
- AR file format (.a, .lib) -- Unix Archiver (ar) format as used by various compilers/linkers
- ARC (Internet Archive) (.arc)
- BagIt
- BAR (Age of Mythology)
- bar (SunOS 4)
- CAR (CarComp)
- cpio (.cpio)
- DPK
- FAR (The Sims) (.far)
- Flash (Micro TECH Systems) (.flh)
- GRP (Build Engine Group Archive) (.grp)
- Hamster archive
- HMM Packfile
- HRX
- LBR (.lbr)
- LBR (Commodore) (.lbr)
- Lynx archive (Commodore) (.lnx)
- Mozilla Archive (.mar)
- pax
- QFC
- Quake PAK
- SAVF
- SeqBox (.sbx)
- siva (.siva)
- Tape Archive (.tar)
- TPAC (Tim Gordon)
- VIV (.viv, .big; used in Electronic Arts games)
- Webarchive (Safari)
- XMIT
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)
- 4Q (.4q)
- 777
- 7z (.7z)
- ACB
- ACE (.ace)
- afio
- Ai Archiver (.ai)
- AIN (.ain)
- ALZ (.alz) (ALZip)
- AMG (AMGC)
- ar (Haruhiko Okumura)
- AR7
- ARC (PC/MS-DOS) (.arc)
- ARC (Commodore) (.arc)
- ARC (FreeArc) (.arc)
- ARC (Internet Archive) (gzipped form: .arc.gz)
- ArcFS (RISC OS) (.arc)
- ArcMac
- ARG
- ARHANGEL
- ARI
- ARJ
- ARJZ
- ARQ
- ARX
- ASD Archiver
- Astrotite (.afa)
- B1
- B6Z (.b6z)
- BGA Archive (.bza, .gza)
- BIX
- BlakHole (.bh)
- BLINK (.bli)
- BOA Constrictor Archiver
- BRU - (RSX-11M backup)
- BSArc and BSA
- Cabinet (.cab)
- CAR (a SAP archive format; also see SAR)
- CAR (MylesHi!)
- CAZIPXP (.caz)
- CFL (Compressed file library) (.cfl)
- ChArc (.chz)
- ChiefLZ (LZA)
- CMZ
- CODEC (Telvox)
- Compact File Set (.cfs)
- Compact Pro (.cpt)
- Compressia (.car)
- CP Shrink (.cpz)
- CRUSH
- Disk Archiver (.dar)
- DGCA (.dgc)
- Diamond
- Doom WAD (.wad)
- DWC (.dwc)
- Dzip (.dz)
- Eazel (.eaz)
- EGG (ALZip) (.egg)
- ERI
- ESP
- Freeze!
- FTCOMP
- GCA (.gca)
- Genus Graphics Library
- Greenleaf ArchiveLib
- HA (.ha)
- HAP
- HKI (WinHKI) (.hki)
- HPACK (.hpk)
- HUF (CP/M)
- Hyper archive (.hyp)
- ICE (ICEOWS) (.ice)
- IMP (.imp)
- JAR (ARJ Software) (.j)
- JARCS (.jar)
- JRchive (.jrc)
- KGB Archiver (.kgb)
- Konqueror web archive (.war)
- LArc (.lzs)
- LHA (.lzh, .lha)
- LHARK
- LHice
- LIMIT (.lim)
- LZX (.lzx)
- MAFF (Mozilla web archive; uses ZIP for compression)
- MAr (Melting-Pot)
- MDCD (.md)
- Micrognosis Compression Archiver (MAR)
- MPC (Marco Czudej) (.mp3)
- MSXiE (.xie)
- MZP
- NaShrinK (.nsk)
- Now Compress
- NuFX (.bxy)
- OOP
- oPAQue
- PA (PowerArchiver)
- packARC (.pja)
- Packdir (RISC OS)
- PACKER (ImagiSOFT) (The Finishing Touch)
- PackIt (.pit)
- PAK (.pak) - various formats
- PAK (ARC extension)
- PAQ (.pa6, .pa7, .pa8, others)
- PAQJ (.qar)
- PCX Library (.pcl)
- PEA (PeaZIP) (.pea)
- PerfectCompress (.uca)
- PIM (.pim)
- PKARC/PKPAK
- PLA (ARCHICAD Archive) (.pla)
- PMA (.pma)
- PPMd
- Pretty Simple Archiver (.psa)
- PUT (MicroFox) (.put)
- Quadruple D Archiver (.qda)
- Quantum compressed archive (.q)
- QuARK (.ark)
- RAR (.rar)
- RARC (Nintendo)
- RAX
- RK (WinRK)
- RKIVE (.rkv)
- S7z (.s7z)
- SAR (a SAP archive format; also see CAR)
- SAR (Streamline Design)
- SARJ (.srj)
- Scifer (.sen, .ba, .xml)
- ShrinkIt (.shk)
- SKY
- Slim!
- Softlib (Softdisk Publishing) (.slb)
- Spark (.spk)
- SQLite Archive (SQLAR)
- Squash (.arh)
- Squeeze It (.sqz)
- SQWEZ 2.x (.sqz)
- SQX (.sqx)
- StuffIt (.sit)
- StuffIt X (.sitx)
- SuperPack (.spa)
- TBAFS (RISC OS)
- TSComp (.tsc)
- UFA
- UHARC (.uha)
- UltraCompressor II (.uc, .uc0, .uc2, .ucn, .ur2, .ue2)
- VEM (Sony Virtual Expander]
- WARC (.warc, .warc.gz)
- WACZ (packaged warc)
- X (X1) (.x)
- xar (Extensible Archive) (.xar)
- XP3 (.xp3) - used in KiriKiri Adventure Game System
- xpa32 (.xpa)
- XPACK archive (.xpa)
- YAC (.yc)
- Yamazaki zipper archive (.yz1) - used in DeepFreezer
- ZAR (Zip-Archiv)
- Zet
- ZIP (.zip)
- Zipx (.zipx)
- Zoo (.zoo)
- ZPack (LeadRDRK)
- ZPack [Lite] (.zpk) - See Z/Install
- ZPAQ
- Zzip (.zz)
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)
- ACB
- binpatch (Jaap Korthals Altes)
- BinPatch (Kay Hayen)
- bsdiff
- Courgette
- diff
- FidoNet nodediff
- GDIFF
- IPS (binary patch format)
- JSON Patch
- LDIFF LZD
- RTPatch
- Unified diff
- UPS (binary patch format)
- VCDIFF
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).
See also Backup.
Institutional archiving
- ARK (identifier for archived documents)
- OAIS (Open Archival Information System, an organization that does archiving)
- Planets Core Registry
- PRONOM
- SIRF (Self-Contained Information Retention Format)
- Submission Information Package
- UPF (Universal Preservation Format)
Metadata formats
- Archive Team hostname file
- CDX (associated with web archives)
- DFDL (Data Format Description Language) - a file format for describing file formats
- FilmConservationMetadata
- Internet Archive metadata
- mtree
- Portland Common Data Model
- TOSEC Naming Convention
- Web Archive Metadata File (metadata for WARC)
(see also Metadata, Bibliographic data)
Miscellaneous
Program/App/Applet/Installer specialized archive formats
- APK (Android app)
- Bundle file (Linux)
- Bundle file (OS X)
- Cabal
- Cakewalk Bundle (BUN)
- Cakewalk Bundle (CWB)
- Cross-Platform Installer Module
- deb (Debian package)
- Eschalon Setup archive (.arv)
- FIZ
- Garc archive (.gar)
- Image Packaging System (IPS) archive (.p5p)
- Image Packaging System (IPS) manifest (.p5m)
- Inno Setup self-extracting archive
- InstallShield
- IPA (.ipa) => iOS app in archived form; actually in zip format
- IRIX software distribution format (.idb, etc.)
- Jar (.j, .jar) (Java) => this is just a renamed zip file with some mandatory files
- Meta-Package File (.mpkg) (Mac OS X)
- Microsoft Update Standalone Package
- NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)
- Olive (executable virtual-machine archive of software)
- Package File (OS X) (.pkg)
- PackageForTheWeb
- PC-Install (20/20 Software)
- QIP (Quarterdeck)
- RED (Knowledge Dynamics)
- RPM (RedHat Package Manager)
- Setup Factory (Indigo Rose Software)
- SIS (Symbian)
- Snap
- SWG (SWAG)
- Unity package file
- WAD (Wii)
- Windows Installer (.msi, .msp)
- Wise installer package
- XAR (Executable Archive)
- Z/Install Lite
- ZSoft ZPK2
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.)
- COMPACK / BUILDSFX
- LHA/LHarc self-extracting archive
- NETSEND
- SDA (Self Dissolving Archive)
- SEA (StuffIt) (StuffIt Self-Extracting Archive)
- Self-extracting ZIP
- SFX (Self-Extracting Archive)
- shar (Shell Archive, in Unix-like systems)
- SQWEZ
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.)
- AppleDouble
- AppleSingle
- Bento (1990s Apple cross-platform compound content format)
- Binary II (.bny) (for Apple II series) (often squeezed as .bqy)
- BinHex (.hqx)
- GEOS Convert (.cvt)
- MacBinary
- MAR Utility
- oric-dsk-manager exported file
- TI variable file
For low-level transfer encodings, see Transfer Encodings.