Sun icon

File Format
Name	Sun icon
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Graphics Sun icon
Extension(s)	.ico .icon

Sun icon is a raster image format, used for icons on some Sun operating systems.

Images are usually bi-level. 8-bit grayscale or palette color images are possible, but may not be portable (no palette is stored in the file).

Format

Sun icon file are entirely ASCII text. They have a header delimited by "/*" and "*/", followed by a comma-separated list of hexadecimal numbers.

Identification

Files begin with ASCII text "/* Format_version=1".

Software

• Netpbm (sunicontopnm, or icontopbm with old versions of Netpbm)
• XnView

Sample files

• http://www.fileformat.info/format/sunicon/sample/index.htm

Researchers notes

TODO: Figure out if Sun cursor files use the same format, and if .cursor and .pr filename extensions should also be listed.

Resources

• Sun Icon File Format Summary