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Archive formats)
This is a list of formats used by file archiver in archiving and data compression.
Archiving only
| File extension(s)
| MIME type
| Official name
| Platform
| Description
|
| .ar
|
| Unix Archiver
| Unix-like
| The traditional archive format on Unix-like systems, now used mainly for the creation of static libraries .
|
| .cab
|
| Cabinet
| Windows
| The Microsoft Windows native archive format, which is also used by many commercial installers such as InstallShield.
|
| .cpio
|
| CPIO
| Unix-like
|
|
| .sea
|
| sea
| Macintosh
| An Apple Macintosh self-extracting shell archive format.
|
| .shar
|
| Shell archive
| Unix-like
| Self-extracting archive that uses sh.
|
| .tar
|
| Tape archive
| Unix-like
| A common archive format used on Unix-like systems.
|
Compression only
Archiving and compression
| File extension(s)[1]
| MIME type[2]
| Official name[3]
| Platform[4]
| Description
|
| .7z
| application/x-7z-compressed
| 7-Zip format
| Multiple
|
|
| .ace
|
| WinACE
| Windows
|
|
| .arj
|
| ARJ
|
|
|
| .dgc
|
| DGCA
|
|
|
| .gca
|
| GCA
|
| The predecessor of DGCA.
|
| .lzh, .lha
|
| LHA
| Amiga
| The standard format on Amiga.
|
| .lzx
|
| LZX
| Amiga
| Archiver originally used on Amiga. Now used in the Microsoft .cab files..
|
| .zip
| application/zip
| PKZIP (aka ZIP)
| Windows
| The most widely used compression format on Microsoft Windows.
|
| .rar
| application/x-rar-compressed
| RAR
| Windows
|
|
| .sit
|
| StuffIt
| Macintosh
| A compression format common on Apple Macintosh computers.
|
Unknown
Package formats
Footnotes
[1] (File extensions)—The file extensions may differ across platforms. The case of these extensions may differ on case-insensitve platforms.
[2] (MIME type)—The content types may be conjectural.
[3] (Official name)—The official names may be disputed.
[4] (Platform)—Indicates the platform under which a format is most common. Most file formats can be understood by more than one platform.
Platforms
See also
