Format
Python Compiled File
Summary
- Name
- Python Compiled File
- Version
- 3.4
- Identifiers
- PUID: fmt/940
- 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 - Submitted by
- Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
Internal signatures
PYC 3.4
- Description
- BOF: EE0C0D0A î…
- Provenance
- 11/2023 (v.115)- Modified the offset values from null to 0 as part of a project to match PRONOM data with the xsd standard. Internally researched.
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- 0
- Byte Sequence
EE0C0D0A- Endianness
- None
Changelog
-
V115
- Release date
- 15 November 2023
-
Updated
Python Compiled File 3.4: 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).
-
V86
- Release date
- 27 July 2016
-
Added format
Python Compiled File 3.4: Full entry added.
-
Added signature
Python Compiled File v3.4: Signature developed through PRONOM Research.