Format
Python Compiled File
Summary
- Name
- Python Compiled File
- Version
- 3.0
- Identifiers
- PUID: fmt/1113
- Description
- Python automatically compiles a python script before running it, the first time the script runs it will create a .pyc in the same directory as the .py file which will then be used if the script is run again to save time by not having to re-compile the code.
- File extensions
-
pyc - Source
- Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
Internal signatures
PYC 3.0
- Note
- 3B0C0D0A - ;…
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- 0
- Byte Sequence
3B0C0D0A- Endianness
- None
Changelog
-
Added in V93
- Release date
- 30 November 2017
Python Compiled File 3.0: Signature developed through PRONOM Research.
Python Compiled File 3.0: Full entry added.