ARC (FreeArc)

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|released=2006<ref>History.txt from [https://sourceforge.net/projects/freearc/files/FreeArc/FreeArc%200.40/ FreeArc-0.40-sources.7z] lists v0.32 (2006-12-06) as the first public release.</ref>
 
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'''FreeArc''' fills the urgent need of the computer community for another archiving program which produces files with a '''.arc''' extension that are not compatible with any of the files with a '''.arc''' extension produced by [[ARC|other archivers]] that are not compatible with one another's files either.
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'''FreeArc''' is a full-featured archiving application, developed by Bulat Ziganshin. Its native '''.arc''' format is unfortunately not compatible with any of the [[ARC|other ".arc" formats]].
  
Its official site (when it still existed; at last check it's a domain parking page) featured downloads of Windows and Linux versions of FreeArc, documentation which appears to be translated from Russian (don't use the table-of-contents links at the top of the documentation, as they inexplicably fail to link to the anchors within the document itself and instead go off to some Russian translation site), a "community forum" section with such scintillating message threads as "Buy metronidazole 500mg online no prescription.", and a downloadable set of source code which might be of use to somebody attempting to figure out the details of the file format, since the documentation doesn't give this sort of detail.
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Its official site (when it still existed) featured downloads of Windows and Linux versions of FreeArc, documentation, and a downloadable set of source code which might be of use to somebody attempting to figure out the details of the file format, since the documentation doesn't give this sort of detail.
  
== Links ==
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FreeArc also supports several self-extracting archive formats.
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== Identification ==
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FreeArc archive files start with signature bytes {{magic|0x41 0x72 0x43 0x01}} (which starts with ASCII "{{magic|ArC}}").
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== Software ==
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* [https://sourceforge.net/projects/freearc/ FreeArc software at SourceForge]
 
* [[Konvertor]]
 
* [[Konvertor]]
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== Sample files ==
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* {{DexvertSamples|archive/freeArc}}
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== Links ==
 
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130302032924/http://freearc.org/ Official site (archived copy)]
 
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130302032924/http://freearc.org/ Official site (archived copy)]
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* [[Wikipedia: FreeArc]]
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== References ==
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<references/>

Latest revision as of 19:16, 16 February 2024

File Format
Name ARC (FreeArc)
Ontology
Extension(s) .arc
PRONOM fmt/1096
Wikidata ID Q28600246
Released 2006[1]

FreeArc is a full-featured archiving application, developed by Bulat Ziganshin. Its native .arc format is unfortunately not compatible with any of the other ".arc" formats.

Its official site (when it still existed) featured downloads of Windows and Linux versions of FreeArc, documentation, and a downloadable set of source code which might be of use to somebody attempting to figure out the details of the file format, since the documentation doesn't give this sort of detail.

FreeArc also supports several self-extracting archive formats.

Contents

[edit] Identification

FreeArc archive files start with signature bytes 0x41 0x72 0x43 0x01 (which starts with ASCII "ArC").

[edit] Software

[edit] Sample files

[edit] Links

[edit] References

  1. History.txt from FreeArc-0.40-sources.7z lists v0.32 (2006-12-06) as the first public release.
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