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Format

BZIP2 Compressed Archive

Summary

Name
BZIP2 Compressed Archive
Identifiers
  • MIME: application/x-bzip2
  • PUID: x-fmt/268
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
bz2
Submitted by
Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives

Relationships

Has lower priority than

Internal signatures

BZIP2 Compressed Archive

Description
Magic number BZh, Block header (1AY&SY)
Provenance
Signature identified by Georgia Tech Research Institute (Candidate Internal Signatures for File Formats in PRONOM Registry; 05/06/2010).

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
None
Byte Sequence
425A68??314159265359
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • V45

    Release date
    6 December 2010
    • Added signature

      BZIP2 Compressed Archive: Signature submitted by Georgia Tech Research Institute, USA.