Format
eXtensible ARchive format
Summary
- Name
- eXtensible ARchive format
- Identifiers
- PUID: fmt/600
- Format type
- Aggregate
- Description
- XAR (eXtensible Archive format) is an open source file archiver introduced in Mac OS X 10.5.
- File extensions
-
xar - Submitted by
- Artefactual Systems Inc / Artefactual Systems Inc
Internal signatures
eXtensible ARchive format
- Description
- BOF: xar!.. Magic num (4 bytes), header length (2 bytes, value 001C). Next two bytes are version number - currently 0001 so possibility to extend signature, particularly if subsequent versions developed.
- Provenance
- http://code.google.com/p/xar/wiki/xarformat http://code.google.com/p/xar/wiki/whyxar
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- 0
- Byte Sequence
78617221001C- Endianness
- None
Changelog
-
V72
- Release date
- 12 November 2013
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Added format
eXtensible ARchive format: Outline Entry Added. Submitted by Artefactual Systems Inc.
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Added signature
eXtensible ARchive format: Signature developed in collaboration with Artefactual Systems Inc.