Archiving
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* [[shar]] - [[Shell Archive]] | * [[shar]] - [[Shell Archive]] | ||
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* [[SQX]] [[sqx]] | * [[SQX]] [[sqx]] | ||
* [[uha]] - [[UHarc]] | * [[uha]] - [[UHarc]] | ||
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| File Formats | > | Electronic File Formats | > | Compression |
(Lossless, for generic data + file archives)
Compression + archiving
(Multiple files => 1 file, makes it smaller)
- 7z - 7ZIP
- ACE ace
- ARC arc
- arc - ARC (FreeArc)
- arc, gz - ARC (Web Archiving)
- dmg - Apple Disk Image
- arj ARJ
- BRU - (RSX-11M backup)
- cab - Cabinet
- DWC dwc
- IMP imp
- Jar j, jar => this is just a renamed zip file with some mandatory files
- lzh, lha - LHAv
- PMA (.pma)
- RAR (.rar)
- Softlib (Softdisk Publishing)
- spk - Spark
- sit - Stuffit
- sitx - Stuffit X
- warc, warc.gz - WARC
- zip - ZIP
- zoo - ZOO
Archiving only
(many files => 1 file, no compression attempted)
- arc - ARC (Internet Archive)
- hqx - BinHex
- LBR lbr
- tar - Tape Archive
- a lib - AR file format -- Unix Archiver (ar) format as used by various compilers/linkers
- CPIO cpio
- BagIt
Stream compression formats
A stream format takes a stream of bytes, and outputs a different, hopefully smaller, stream of bytes. These compression formats are often used internally in other data structures to compress data, as well as in network protocols, such as http. Used stand-alone, a stream compression format does not offer archiving capability, however in the UNIX doctrine, an archiver like tar can be combined with an archive format to produce a proper compressed archive.
- bz2 - BZIP2
- ?Z? - Crunch
- gz - GZIP
- ecm - Error Code Modeler
- LZMA lzma
- ?Q? - Squeeze/SQ
- XZ xz
- ?Y? - CrLZH
- lz - LZIP
- LZOP lzop
- Z - LZW
- DEFLATE rfc1951
- CCITT Group 4
Uncategorized
- 7zX s7z
- 9CDR - Amiga FileImploder Clone
- AFA afa
- ALZip alz
- APX apx
- ARCFS - ArcFS ArchivePacker
- ArchiveLib GreenLeaf
- bh - BlakHole
- cfs - Compact File Set
- cpt - Compact Pro
- CRN crn - compressed text files used for PC-Write manual
- DGCA dgc
- dar - Disk Archiver
- dd - DiskDoubler
- DMS dms - Amiga Disk Masher compressed file
- DUPA- Amiga FileImploder Clone
- ecc - DVDisaster Error Correction File
- FIMP - Amiga FileImploder
- F - Freeze/Melt
- GCA gca
- HA ha
- z - Huffman Encoding
- ICE ice
- IFHC - Amiga FileImploder Clone
- IMP - Amiga FileImploder
- Inflate infl
- kgb - KGB Archiver
- xp3 - KiriKiri
- LZX lzx
- LNX lnx - Lynx archive, used on Commodore 64
- mar - Mozilla Archive
- ??_ - MS-DOS Compression
- pit - PackIt
- PAK pak
- PAQ paq6 paq7 paq8
- par par2 - Parchive File
- partimg - PartImage
- pea - PeaZip
- uca - PerfectCompress
- PIM pim
- qda - Quadruple D
- RK rk
- RZIP rzip
- ba - SCIFER
- sen - Scifer
- sda - Self Dissolving ARChive
- sea - Self-Extracting Archive
- sfx - Self-Extracting Archive
- sfArk sfark
- shar - Shell Archive
- Squash - single file compression on RISC OS
- SQX sqx
- uha - UHarc
- uc, uc0, uc2, ucn, ur2, ue2 - UltraCompressor II
- ar - Unix Archiver
- wim Windows Image
- hki - WinHKI
- rk - WinRK
- XAR xar
- YZ1 yz1
- zz] - Zzip
