DRY

File Format
Name	DRY
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Archiving DRY
Extension(s)	.dry
Released	~1994

DRY is an obscure compressed archive format.

Discussion

Most of what little is known about DRY comes from a likely-hacked copy of BitWare (Windows 3.x software), which uses the format. Refer to the "Sample files" section below.

DRY was developed by a company named Peripheral Sciences. A file named HYDRATE.DLL decompresses the format. The DRY software might be named HYDRA.

IDArc suggests that DRY is known as "Dehydrated" format.

Identification

Files start with ASCII "-H2O".

Sample files

• RGD-CHEY.ZIP (BitWare) → *.DRY