Zoo

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== Identification ==
 
== Identification ==
Files have bytes <code>DC A7 C4 FD</code> at offset 20.
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Files have bytes {{magic|DC A7 C4 FD}} at offset 20.
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== Compression ==
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There are three known compression algorithms: 0 is uncompressed; 1 is LZW, also called "LZD"; 2 is "LZH".
  
 
== Software ==
 
== Software ==
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* [ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles/zoo-2.10pl1.tar.gz zoo-2.10pl1.tar.gz]
 
* [ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles/zoo-2.10pl1.tar.gz zoo-2.10pl1.tar.gz]
 
* [http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/utils/compress/zoo-2.10-3.src.rpm zoo-2.10-3.src.rpm]
 
* [http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/utils/compress/zoo-2.10-3.src.rpm zoo-2.10-3.src.rpm]
* [http://archives.math.utk.edu/software/multi-platform/gap/util/unzoo.c unzoo.c]
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* [http://archives.math.utk.edu/software/multi-platform/gap/util/unzoo.c unzoo.c] (Does not support LZW/LZD.)
  
 
== Sample files ==
 
== Sample files ==
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== References ==
 
== References ==
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoo_%28file_format%29 Zoo (file format) (Wikipedia)]
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* [[Wikipedia: Zoo (file format)]]
* information at fileformat.info [http://www.fileformat.info/format/zoo/corion.htm here]
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* [http://www.fileformat.info/format/zoo/corion.htm The ZOO Archive File Format] from Corion.net, via FileFormat.info
 
* [http://apple2.org.za/gswv/a2zine/GS.WorldView/Resources/The.MacShrinkIt.Project/ARCHIVES.TXT Archive format info, including ZOO]
 
* [http://apple2.org.za/gswv/a2zine/GS.WorldView/Resources/The.MacShrinkIt.Project/ARCHIVES.TXT Archive format info, including ZOO]
 
* [http://www.textfiles.com/programming/FORMATS/arc_fmts.txt ZOO file header format (among other archive types)]
 
* [http://www.textfiles.com/programming/FORMATS/arc_fmts.txt ZOO file header format (among other archive types)]

Revision as of 20:26, 27 January 2017

File Format
Name Zoo
Ontology
Extension(s) .zoo
PRONOM x-fmt/269

ZOO was one of the many competing archive formats in the 1980s, and was based on the LZW compression system. It had some popularity with Open/VMS and Amiga systems, but didn't ultimately win out over ZIP.

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Identification

Files have bytes DC A7 C4 FD at offset 20.

Compression

There are three known compression algorithms: 0 is uncompressed; 1 is LZW, also called "LZD"; 2 is "LZH".

Software

Sample files

References

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