PAK (ARC extension)

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** {{CdTextfiles|simtel/simtel20/MSDOS/ARCHIVRS/PAK251.EXE|v2.51}} (1990-10-08)
 
** {{CdTextfiles|simtel/simtel20/MSDOS/ARCHIVRS/PAK251.EXE|v2.51}} (1990-10-08)
 
*** {{CdTextfiles|ftp.wwiv.com/pub/COMPRESS/PAK251.EXE|Another copy}}, packaged differently
 
*** {{CdTextfiles|ftp.wwiv.com/pub/COMPRESS/PAK251.EXE|Another copy}}, packaged differently
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* [[The Unarchiver]] - Supports the PAK-specific compression schemes
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== Sample files ==
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* {{CdTextfiles|carousel/ATARI/ARC2PAK1.PAK|ARC2PAK1.PAK}}

Revision as of 18:52, 27 February 2020

File Format
Name PAK (ARC extension)
Ontology
Extension(s) .pak
Released 1988

PAK is a DOS utility for managing compressed archive files, developed by NoGate Consulting. It is also the name of one of the file formats it supports: .PAK format.

PAK format is an extension of ARC format. The differences are that it may use some PAK-specific compression methods (#10 "crushed", and #11 "distilled"), and that it has some features made possible by "extended records" stored after the end-of-archive marker.

According to the documentation, the PAK software was originally (very briefly) named GSARC.

See ARC for more information relevant to PAK format.

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See PAK for more formats named PAK.

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The PAK.DOC file contained in the v2.51 distribution includes basic information about .PAK/.ARC format, including the extended records. It does not document the compression schemes in detail.

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