SCRNCH

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'''SCRNCH''' is a file compression utility for DOS. It can do executable compression of [[DOS executable (.com)|.COM]] files, and can create self-extracting files. It was developed by Graeme W. McRae, and distributed as shareware.
 
'''SCRNCH''' is a file compression utility for DOS. It can do executable compression of [[DOS executable (.com)|.COM]] files, and can create self-extracting files. It was developed by Graeme W. McRae, and distributed as shareware.
  
SCRNCHed files are [[DOS executable (.com)|.COM]] files. It's not clear if there's a good way to identify them as SCRNCHed.
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== Identification ==
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SCRNCHed files are [[DOS executable (.com)|.COM]] files. ''[More research needed. [[TrID]] has signatures (→ TrIDScan → TTrID XML defs (7Z) → com-scrnch.trid.xml), but as of this writing, they don't seem very robust.]''
  
 
== Related formats ==
 
== Related formats ==

Revision as of 17:58, 12 January 2020

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Name SCRNCH
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Released 1988

SCRNCH is a file compression utility for DOS. It can do executable compression of .COM files, and can create self-extracting files. It was developed by Graeme W. McRae, and distributed as shareware.

Identification

SCRNCHed files are .COM files. [More research needed. TrID has signatures (→ TrIDScan → TTrID XML defs (7Z) → com-scrnch.trid.xml), but as of this writing, they don't seem very robust.]

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  • ZIP - Reportedly[1], ZIP's Reduce compression method is based on SCRNCH's compression method.

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