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Format

BZIP Compressed Archive

Summary

Name
BZIP Compressed Archive
Identifiers
PUID: x-fmt/267
Format type
Aggregate
Description
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File extensions
bz
Source
Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives

Internal signatures

BZIP Compressed Archive

Note
Header: BZ0

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
None
Byte Sequence
425A30
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • Added in V45

    Release date
    6 December 2010

    BZIP Compressed Archive: Signature submitted by Georgia Tech Research Institute, USA.