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

Submitted by

The National Archives and Records Administration / The National Archives and Records Administration

Internal signatures

Changelog

• V115

  Release date

  15 November 2023

  • Updated

    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).

• V100

  Release date

  16 December 2021

  • Added format

    SelF-eXtracting LHA/LZH Compressed Files: Full entry added. Submitted by The National Archives and Records Administration.

  • Added signature

    SelF-eXtracting LHA/LZH Compressed Files: Signature researched and samples provided by The National Archives and Records Administration.