ARI (compressed archive)

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File Format
Name ARI (compressed archive)
Ontology
Extension(s) .ari
Released ≤1993

ARI is a compressed archive utility for DOS, and associated file format, developed by RAO Inc. It was distributed as freeware, and there was a registered version with more features.

File structure

This information (written for the fileformats.archiveteam.org wiki) pertains to ARI and ERI, and is based on reverse engineering. It may be incorrect, and is likely incomplete. The software has many features whose effect on the format has not been tested.

An ARI or ERI file is a sequence of "member file" segments, each with the following structure:

Size in bytes Name Description and remarks
path_len filename_path Variable size, often absent. The logic for finding the size is unclear.
8 filename_base Filename, base part, padded with spaces or NUL bytes
3 filename_ext Filename extension, padded
1 File attributes and other flags. 0x80 bit may be set when filename_path is present.
2 timestamp_time DOS time/date
2 timestamp_date
4 Original file size
4 member_size Total size of this member (header + cdata)
4 CRC-32, unknown algorithm
member_size−(path_len+28) cdata Compressed file data

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