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{{FormatInfo
|formattype=electronic
|subcat=Archiving
|extensions={{ext|gar}}
|released=1995
}}
'''Garc archive''' ('''.GAR''') is a compressed archive format associated with ''Garc'', a raster graphics utility developed by John Callicotte. It contains files in certain standard image formats, such as [[GIF]], [[BMP]], and [[TGA]]. 

== Discussion ==
Only Garc v1.x supports .GAR files. In v2.x, archives became collections of image files stored in an [[Access]] database. In v3.x, the archive features were dropped.

Garc v1.x is a menu-driven DOS program, distributed as shareware. Later versions are for Windows.

Garc lists its website as &lt;<nowiki>http://sound.net/~johnc/garc.html</nowiki>&gt;, but no archives of it seem to exist.

== Identification ==
.GAR files created by Garc v1.0 start with ASCII "{{magic|Garc1.0}}". Files from v1.1 start with "{{magic|Garc1.1}}".

== Software ==
* {{CdTextfiles|simtel/simtel9510/disk1/DISC1/GRAPHICS/GARC_10.ZIP|Garc v1.0}} (DOS software)
* {{CdTextfiles|pier/pier08/023/garc1_1.zip|Garc v1.1}}

Following items are listed for reference, but don't support .GAR format.
* {{CdTextfiles|bhawk9706/disk2/DISC2/MMEDIA/GRAPHICS/GARC_20.ZIP|Garc v2.0}} (32-bit Windows GUI)
* [{{SACFTPURL|graph|garc301.zip}} Garc v3.01] (32-bit Windows GUI)

[[Category:Graphics]]