Format
XZ File Format
Summary
- Name
- XZ File Format
- Identifiers
- PUID: fmt/1098
- Format type
- Aggregate
- Description
- The XZ file format is intended as a single-file compression format, similar in utility to Gzip.
- File extensions
-
xz - Source
- Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
Internal signatures
XZ File Format
- Note
- BOF: 0xFD '7zXZ', 0x00 EOF: YZ https://tukaani.org/xz/xz-file-format.txt
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- 0
- Byte Sequence
FD377A585A00- Endianness
- None
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from EOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- 0
- Byte Sequence
595A- Endianness
- None
Changelog
-
Added in V92
- Release date
- 20 September 2017
XZ File Format: Signature developed through PRONOM Research.
XZ File Format: Full entry added.