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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' is a suite of archiving and compression utilities for [[Sirius DOS]] and [[A*]]. It supports several archive formats and compression algorithms.

==Container formats==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Ident
! Name
! <tt>ext</tt>
! Read
! Write
! Notes
|-
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>ar</tt>
| UNIX archive
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>.a</tt>
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-green" | ✔
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-green" | ✔
|
|-
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>dlbr</tt>
| DOS LBR
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>.lbr</tt>
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-green" | ✔
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-red" | ✖
| Not to be confused with <tt>clbr</tt>, a Commodore 64 format with the same name
|-
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>clbr</tt>
| Commodore LBR
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>.clb</tt>
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-green" | ✔
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-red" | ✖
| Not to be confused with <tt>dlbr</tt>, a DOS format with the same name
|-
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>mar</tt>
| Mozilla archive
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>.mar</tt>
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-green" | ✔
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-red" | ✖
| Used to store binary diffs
|-
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>sbx</tt>
| SeqBox
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>.sbx</tt>
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-green" | ✔
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-red" | ✖
| Designed for resilience in lieu of file system corruption
|-
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>tar</tt>
| '''T'''ape '''ar'''chive, or '''tar'''ball
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>.tar</tt>
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-green" | ✔
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-green" | ✔
|
|-
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>7zip</tt>
| 7zip archive
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>.7z</tt>
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-green" | ✔
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-red" | ✖
|
|-
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>ace</tt>
| ACE archiver
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>.ace</tt>
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-green" | ✔
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-yellow" | 〜
|
|-
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>alz</tt>
| ALZip
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>.alz</tt>
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-green" | ✔
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-yellow" | 〜
|
|-
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>apk</tt>
| '''A'''ape '''p'''ac'''k'''age
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>.apk</tt>
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-green" | ✔
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-green" | ✔
|
|-
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>arc</tt>
| ARC
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>.arc</tt>
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-green" | ✔
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-yellow" | 〜
|
|-
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>arj</tt>
| ARJ
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>.arj</tt>
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-green" | ✔
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-yellow" | 〜
|
|-
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>b1</tt>
| B1
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>.b1</tt>
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-green" | ✔
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-yellow" | 〜
|
|-
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>b6z</tt>
| B6Z
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>.b6z</tt>
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-green" | ✔
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-yellow" | 〜
|
|-
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>scifer</tt>
| BA
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>.ba</tt>
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-green" | ✔
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-red" | ✖
|
|-
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>car</tt>
| Compressia archive
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>.car</tt>
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-green" | ✔
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-yellow" | 〜
|
|-
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>cfs</tt>
| Compact file set
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>.cfs</tt>
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-green" | ✔
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-yellow" | 〜
|
|-
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>cpt</tt>
| Compact Pro
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>.cpt</tt>
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-green" | ✔
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-yellow" | 〜
|
|-
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>dar</tt>
| '''D'''isk '''Ar'''chiver
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>.dar</tt>
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-green" | ✔
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-yellow" | 〜
|
|-
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>dgca</tt>
| DGCA
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>.dgc</tt>
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-green" | ✔
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-yellow" | 〜
|
|-
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>dmg</tt>
| '''Disk''' i'''m'''a'''g'''e
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>.dmg</tt>
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-green" | ✔
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-yellow" | 〜
|
|-
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>ear</tt>
| '''E'''nterprise '''a'''pplication a'''r'''chive
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>.ear</tt>
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-green" | ✔
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-yellow" | 〜
| Enterprise Java deployment archive from {{wp|Jakarta EE}}
|-
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>ha</tt>
| HA
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>.cfs</tt>
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-green" | ✔
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-yellow" | 〜
|
|-
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>hki</tt>
| WinHKI
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>.hki</tt>
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-green" | ✔
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-yellow" | 〜
|
|-
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>ice</tt>
| ICE
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>.ice</tt>
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-green" | ✔
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-yellow" | 〜
|
|-
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>kgb</tt>
| KGB
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>.kgb</tt>
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-green" | ✔
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-yellow" | 〜
|
|-
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>lzh</tt>
| LZH, a.k.a. LHA
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>.lzh</tt>
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-green" | ✔
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-yellow" | 〜
| Amiga
|-
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>lzx</tt>
| LZX
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>.lzx</tt>
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-green" | ✔
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-yellow" | 〜
| Amiga
|-
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>pak</tt>
| PAK
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>.pak</tt>
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-green" | ✔
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-yellow" | 〜
| Competitor of ARC
|-
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>pea</tt>
| PeaZzip
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>.pea</tt>
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-green" | ✔
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-red" | ✖
|
|-
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>phar</tt>
| PHAR
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>.phr</tt>
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-green" | ✔
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-yellow" | 〜
|
|-
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>pim</tt>
| PIM
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>.pim</tt>
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-green" | ✔
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-yellow" | 〜
|
|-
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>pit</tt>
| PackIt
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>.pit</tt>
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-green" | ✔
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-yellow" | 〜
|
|-
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>qda</tt>
| '''Q'''uadruple '''D''' '''a'''rchive
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>.qda</tt>
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-green" | ✔
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-yellow" | 〜
|
|-
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>rar</tt>
| WinRAR
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>.rar</tt>
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-green" | ✔
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-red" | ✖
|
|-
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>rk</tt>
| RK
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>.rk</tt>
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-green" | ✔
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-red" | ✖
|
|-
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>sda</tt>
| '''S'''elf-'''d'''issolving '''a'''rchive
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>.sda</tt>
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-green" | ✔
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-red" | ✖
| Not portable
|-
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>sea</tt>
| '''S'''elf-'''e'''xtracting '''a'''rchive
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>.sea</tt>
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-green" | ✔
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-yellow" | 〜
| Created with StuffIt, Compact Pro and Disk Doubler
|-
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>sfx</tt>
| '''S'''el'''f'''-e'''x'''tracting archive
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>.sfx</tt>
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-green" | ✔
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-yellow" | 〜
| Portable successor to the <code>sda</code> format
|-
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>shk</tt>
| SHK
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>.shk</tt>
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-green" | ✔
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-yellow" | 〜
| NuFX archive
|-
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>sit</tt>
| StuffIt
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>.sit</tt>
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-green" | ✔
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-yellow" | 〜
|
|-
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>sqx</tt>
| SQX
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>.sqx</tt>
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-green" | ✔
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-yellow" | 〜
|
|-
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>uc</tt>
| UltraCompressor
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>.uc</tt>
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-green" | ✔
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-yellow" | 〜
|
|-
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>uca</tt>
| PerfectCompress
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>.uca</tt>
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-green" | ✔
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-yellow" | 〜
|
|-
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>uha</tt>
| UHarc
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>.uha</tt>
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-green" | ✔
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-yellow" | 〜
|
|-
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>wim</tt>
| '''W'''indows '''im'''age
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>.wim</tt>
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-green" | ✔
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-yellow" | 〜
|
|-
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>xar</tt>
| XAR
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>.xar</tt>
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-green" | ✔
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-yellow" | 〜
|
|-
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>xp3</tt>
| KiriKiri
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>.xp3</tt>
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-green" | ✔
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-yellow" | 〜
|
|-
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>yz1</tt>
| Yamazaki zipper archive
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>.pit</tt>
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-green" | ✔
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-yellow" | 〜
|
|-
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>zip</tt>
| Zipped folder
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>.zip</tt>
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-green" | ✔
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-yellow" | 〜
|
|-
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>br</tt>
| Brotli
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>.br</tt>
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-green" | ✔
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-red" | ✖
|
|-
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>bz2</tt>
| Bzip2
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>.bz2</tt>
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-green" | ✔
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-green" | ✔
|
|-
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>bz3</tt>
| Bzip3
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>.bz3</tt>
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-green" | ✔
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-red" | ✖
|
|-
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>gzip</tt>
| GZip
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>.gz</tt>
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-green" | ✔
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-green" | ✔
|
|-
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>lzip</tt>
| Lzip
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>.lz</tt>
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-green" | ✔
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-green" | ✔
|
|-
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>lz4</tt>
| LZ4
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>.lz4</tt>
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-green" | ✔
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-green" | ✔
|
|-
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>lzo</tt>
| LZO
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>.lzo</tt>
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-green" | ✔
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-green" | ✔
|
|-
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>rz</tt>
| rzip
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>.rz</tt>
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-green" | ✔
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-red" | ✖
|
|-
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>xz</tt>
| XZ
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>.xz</tt>
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-green" | ✔
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-red" | ✖
|
|-
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>lzw</tt>
| LZW
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>.z</tt>
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-green" | ✔
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-green" | ✔
|
|-
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>zst</tt>
| Zstandard
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>.zst</tt>
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-green" | ✔
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-red" | ✖
|
|-
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>lzss</tt>
| LZSS
| style="text-align:center" | <tt>.lzs</tt>
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-green" | ✔
| style="text-align:center" class="cell-green" | ✔
|
|}

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