SHRINK (executable compression)

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== Identification ==
v1.0: [[TrID]] has signatures (→ TrIDScan → TTrID XML defs (7Z) → com-shrink.trid.xml) for identifying SHRINK-compressed files.
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v1.0: [[TrID]] has signatures (→ TrIDScan → TrID XML defs (7Z) → com-shrink.trid.xml) for identifying SHRINK-compressed files.
  
 
v2.0: Unknown.
 
v2.0: Unknown.

Revision as of 13:54, 10 February 2020

File Format
Name SHRINK (executable compression)
Ontology
Released 1988

SHRINK is an executable compression utility for DOS .COM files. It uses run-length encoding.

The original SHRINK 1.0 (1988) was developed by Thomas G. Hanlin III. SHRINK 2.0 (1995) was developed by Kevin Tseng. The precise relationship between v1.0 and v2.0 is not clear.

Identification

v1.0: TrID has signatures (→ TrIDScan → TrID XML defs (7Z) → com-shrink.trid.xml) for identifying SHRINK-compressed files.

v2.0: Unknown.

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