Format
RAR Archive
Summary
- Name
- RAR Archive
- Version
- 2.9
- Identifiers
-
- MIME: application/vnd.rar
- PUID: fmt/411
- Description
- RAR is a proprietary archive file format that supports data compression, error recovery and file spanning.
- File extensions
-
rar - Submitted by
- Georgia Tech Research Institute / Georgia Tech Research Institute
Internal signatures
RAR Archive 2.9
- Description
- Marker block 0x526172211A0700 + Archive header type 0x73 + at offset 44 RAR version needed to extract file 1D indicates vers 2.9
- Provenance
- WinRAR. RAR version 3.20 - Technical information www.win-rar.com/index.php?id=24&kb_article_id=162
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- None
- Byte Sequence
526172211A0700{2}73{34}1D- Endianness
- None
Changelog
-
V88
- Release date
- 27 September 2016
-
Updated
RAR Archive 2.9: Adjusted MIME type from deprecated application/x-rar-compressed to application/vnd.rar. Added description.
-
V58
- Release date
- 21 March 2012
-
Added format
RAR Archive 2.9: Submission from Georgia Tech Research Institute, USA. Outline entry added.
-
Added signature
RAR Archive 2.9: Signature submitted by Georgia Tech Research Institute, USA.