Format
Python Compiled File
Summary
- Name
- Python Compiled File
- Version
- 2.7
- Identifiers
- PUID: fmt/939
- 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 2.7
- Note
- BOF: 03F30D0A .รณ..
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- 0
- Byte Sequence
03F30D0A- Endianness
- None
Changelog
-
Updated in V115
- Release date
- 15 November 2023
Python Compiled File 2.7: Modified the offset values from null to 0 as part of a project to match PRONOM data with the xsd standard. Submitted by Digital Preservation Department, The National Archives (UK) (UK).
-
Added in V86
- Release date
- 27 July 2016
Python compiled File v2.7: Signature developed through PRONOM Research.
Python Compiled File 2.7: Full entry added.