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Format

FreeArc Archive Format

Summary

Name
FreeArc Archive Format
Identifiers
PUID: fmt/1096
Format type
Aggregate
Description
FreeArc is an open source file archiver developed by Bulat Ziganshin. The native .arc file format is not related to web archiving formats and is instead closer to a compressed zip type of archive file.
File extensions
arc
Submitted by
Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives

Internal signatures

FreeArc Archive Format

Description
BOF: 'ArC' 0x01
Provenance
https://github.com/svn2github/freearc/blob/master/ArhiveStructure.hs

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
0
Byte Sequence
41724301
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • V92

    Release date
    20 September 2017
    • Added format

      FreeArc Archive Format: Full entry added.

    • Added signature

      FreeArc Archive Format: Signature developed through PRONOM Research.