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Shell Archive Format

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Summary

Name
Shell Archive Format
Identifiers
  • MIME: application/x-shar
  • PUID: fmt/329
Format type
Aggregate
Description
This is an outline record only, and requires further details, research or authentication to provide information that will enable users to further understand the format and to assess digital preservation risks associated with it if appropriate. If you are able to help by supplying any additional information concerning this entry, please return to the main PRONOM page and select ‘Add an Entry’.
Format encoding
Text
File extensions
shar
Submitted by
Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives

Internal signatures

Shell Archive No. 1

Description
ASCII: #!/bin/sh.# This is a shell archive
Provenance
Ongoing DROID research following request from Bibliothèque Nationale de France / European Archives

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
1936
Byte Sequence
2321{0-1}2F62696E2F73680A2320546869732069732061207368656C6C2061726368697665
Endianness
None

Shell Archive No. 2

Description
ASCII: # This is a shell archive
Provenance
Ongoing DROID research following request from Bibliothèque Nationale de France / European Archives

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
None
Byte Sequence
2320546869732069732061207368656C6C2061726368697665
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • V60

    Release date
    11 June 2012

    • Updated

      Shell Archive No.1: Existing signature refined through PRONOM Research.

  • V46

    Release date
    8 February 2011

    • Added format

      Shell Archive Format: Outline entry added. Ongoing DROID research work following request from Bibliotheque Nationale de France / European Archives.

    • Added signature

      Shell Archive Format: Signature developed through PRONOM Research.