Format

ZPAQ Archive Format

Summary

Name: ZPAQ Archive Format
Identifiers: PUID: fmt/1097
Format type: Aggregate
Description: ZPAQ is an open source command line file archiver developed by Matt Mahoney.
File extensions: zpaq
Source: Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives

Internal signatures

ZPAQ Archive Format variant 1

Note: BOF: 7kSt{9}zpQ(0x01|0x02) - https://github.com/zpaq/zpaq/blob/master/zpaq.cpp

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length: Absolute from BOF
Offset: 0
Max offset: 0
Byte Sequence: 376B5374{9}7A5051(01|02)
Endianness: None

ZPAQ Archive Format variant 2

Note: BOF: zpQ(0x01|0x02) - https://github.com/zpaq/zpaq/blob/master/zpaq.cpp

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length: Absolute from BOF
Offset: 0
Max offset: 0
Byte Sequence: 7A5051(01|02)
Endianness: None

Changelog

Added in V92

Release date

20 September 2017

ZPAQ Archive Format: Signature developed through PRONOM Research.

ZPAQ Archive Format: Full entry added.