BIX

File Format
Name	BIX
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Archiving BIX
Extension(s)	.bix
Released	1998 (beta)

BIX is an experimental compressed archive utility, and related file format, developed by Igor Pavlov. It is a variant of UFA, and one of the predecessors of 7z.

Disambiguation

This format is presumably not related to the BIX format associated with the Civilization III video game.

Identification

According to the file command, files start with ASCII "BIX0".

Related formats

See 7z#Related formats.

Software

• BIX Version 1.00 Beta 7 (for Windows console)

Links

• UFA-777-BIX website (2004 archive)
  • Note: An older URL is http://compression.hypermart.net/ufa/bix.html