Format
SelF-eXtracting LHA/LZH Compressed Files
Summary
- Name
- SelF-eXtracting LHA/LZH Compressed Files
- Identifiers
- PUID: fmt/1558
- Format type
- Text (Structured)
- Description
- SelF-eXtracting LHA/LZH compressed files is an archive format for the Commodore 64 and 128 consisting of files compressed in the LHA format and appended to a program to extract them, so that the archive and its extractor is self-contained and no other program needs to be downloaded or installed in order to extract the archive. It is a sucessor of SDA format with an addition of the extractor is cross-compatible between both Commodore platforms (C-64 and C-128).
- Note
- http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/SIFF https://fileinfo.com/extension/son https://wiki.multimedia.cx/index.php/SIFF
- File extensions
-
sfx - Source
- The National Archives and Records Administration / The National Archives and Records Administration
Internal signatures
SelF-eXtracting LHA/LZH Compressed File
- Note
- BOF; Offset: 3370 - 3410; Magic bytes: C64/C128 SELF EXTRACTING LHARCHIVE
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 3000
- Max offset
- 700
- Byte Sequence
4336342F433132382053454C462045585452414354494E47204C4841524348495645- Endianness
- None
Changelog
-
Updated in V115
- Release date
- 15 November 2023
SelF-eXtracting LHA/LZH Compressed Files: Modified values in Indirect Offset Location and Indirect Offset Length from 0 to null as part of a project to match PRONOM data with the xsd standard. Max-offset modified for BOF signature to allow for more exact signature identification. Submitted by Digital Preservation Department, The National Archives (UK) (UK).
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Added in V100
- Release date
- 16 December 2021
SelF-eXtracting LHA/LZH Compressed Files: Signature researched and samples provided by The National Archives and Records Administration.
SelF-eXtracting LHA/LZH Compressed Files: Full entry added. Submitted by The National Archives and Records Administration.