SHRINK (executable compression)

File Format
Name	SHRINK (executable compression)
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Compression Executable compression SHRINK (executable compression)
Released	1988

SHRINK is an executable compression utility for DOS .COM files. It uses run-length encoding.

The original SHRINK 1.0 (1988) was developed by Thomas G. Hanlin III. SHRINK 2.0 (1995) was developed by Kevin Tseng. The precise relationship between v1.0 and v2.0 is not clear.

Identification

v1.0: TrID has signatures (→ TrIDScan → TrID XML defs (7Z) → com-shrink.trid.xml) for identifying SHRINK-compressed files.

v2.0: Unknown.

Software

• SHRINK 1.0:
  • SHRINK.ZIP
  • ANORMAL's DOSEXE collections → Executable Tools Pack → packers/shrink.10-thomas hanlin
• SHRINK 2.0:
  • ANORMAL's DOSEXE collections → Executable Tools Pack → packers/shrink.20-kevin tseng