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# $OpenBSD: archive,v 1.7 2016/03/06 01:33:12 sthen Exp $
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# archive: file(1) magic for archive formats (see also "msdos" for self-
# extracting compressed archives)
#
# cpio, ar, arc, arj, hpack, lha/lharc, rar, squish, uc2, zip, zoo, etc.
# pre-POSIX "tar" archives are handled in the C code.
# POSIX tar archives
257 string ustar\0 POSIX tar archive
!:mime application/x-tar # encoding: posix
257 string ustar\040\040\0 GNU tar archive
!:mime application/x-tar # encoding: gnu
# Incremental snapshot gnu-tar format from:
# http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/html_node/Snapshot-Files.html
0 string GNU\ tar- GNU tar incremental snapshot data
>&0 regex [0-9]\.[0-9]+-[0-9]+ version %s
# cpio archives
#
# Yes, the top two "cpio archive" formats *are* supposed to just be "short".
# The idea is to indicate archives produced on machines with the same
# byte order as the machine running "file" with "cpio archive", and
# to indicate archives produced on machines with the opposite byte order
# from the machine running "file" with "byte-swapped cpio archive".
#
# The SVR4 "cpio(4)" hints that there are additional formats, but they
# are defined as "short"s; I think all the new formats are
# character-header formats and thus are strings, not numbers.
0 short 070707 cpio archive
!:mime application/x-cpio
0 short 0143561 byte-swapped cpio archive
!:mime application/x-cpio # encoding: swapped
0 string 070707 ASCII cpio archive (pre-SVR4 or odc)
0 string 070701 ASCII cpio archive (SVR4 with no CRC)
0 string 070702 ASCII cpio archive (SVR4 with CRC)
#
# Various archive formats used by various versions of the "ar"
# command.
#
#
# Original UNIX archive formats.
# They were written with binary values in host byte order, and
# the magic number was a host "int", which might have been 16 bits
# or 32 bits. We don't say "PDP-11" or "VAX", as there might have
# been ports to little-endian 16-bit-int or 32-bit-int platforms
# (x86?) using some of those formats; if none existed, feel free
# to use "PDP-11" for little-endian 16-bit and "VAX" for little-endian
# 32-bit. There might have been big-endian ports of that sort as
# well.
#
0 leshort 0177555 very old 16-bit-int little-endian archive
0 beshort 0177555 very old 16-bit-int big-endian archive
0 lelong 0177555 very old 32-bit-int little-endian archive
0 belong 0177555 very old 32-bit-int big-endian archive
0 leshort 0177545 old 16-bit-int little-endian archive
>2 string __.SYMDEF random library
0 beshort 0177545 old 16-bit-int big-endian archive
>2 string __.SYMDEF random library
0 lelong 0177545 old 32-bit-int little-endian archive
>4 string __.SYMDEF random library
0 belong 0177545 old 32-bit-int big-endian archive
>4 string __.SYMDEF random library
#
# From "pdp" (but why a 4-byte quantity?)
#
0 lelong 0x39bed PDP-11 old archive
0 lelong 0x39bee PDP-11 4.0 archive
#
# XXX - what flavor of APL used this, and was it a variant of
# some ar archive format? It's similar to, but not the same
# as, the APL workspace magic numbers in pdp.
#
0 long 0100554 apl workspace
#
# System V Release 1 portable(?) archive format.
#
0 string =<ar> System V Release 1 ar archive
!:mime application/x-archive
#
# Debian package; it's in the portable archive format, and needs to go
# before the entry for regular portable archives, as it's recognized as
# a portable archive whose first member has a name beginning with
# "debian".
#
0 string =!<arch>\ndebian
>8 string debian-split part of multipart Debian package
!:mime application/vnd.debian.binary-package
>8 string debian-binary Debian binary package
!:mime application/vnd.debian.binary-package
>8 string !debian
>68 string >\0 (format %s)
# These next two lines do not work, because a bzip2 Debian archive
# still uses gzip for the control.tar (first in the archive). Only
# data.tar varies, and the location of its filename varies too.
# file/libmagic does not current have support for ascii-string based
# (offsets) as of 2005-09-15.
#>81 string bz2 \b, uses bzip2 compression
#>84 string gz \b, uses gzip compression
#>136 ledate x created: %s
#
# MIPS archive; they're in the portable archive format, and need to go
# before the entry for regular portable archives, as it's recognized as
# a portable archive whose first member has a name beginning with
# "__________E".
#
0 string =!<arch>\n__________E MIPS archive
!:mime application/x-archive
>20 string U with MIPS Ucode members
>21 string L with MIPSEL members
>21 string B with MIPSEB members
>19 string L and an EL hash table
>19 string B and an EB hash table
>22 string X -- out of date
0 search/1 -h- Software Tools format archive text
#
# BSD/SVR2-and-later portable archive formats.
#
0 string =!<arch> current ar archive
!:mime application/x-archive
>8 string __.SYMDEF random library
>68 string __.SYMDEF\ SORTED random library
#
# "Thin" archive, as can be produced by GNU ar.
#
0 string =!<thin>\n thin archive with
>68 belong 0 no symbol entries
>68 belong 1 %d symbol entry
>68 belong >1 %d symbol entries
# ARC archiver, from Daniel Quinlan (quinlan@yggdrasil.com)
#
# The first byte is the magic (0x1a), byte 2 is the compression type for
# the first file (0x01 through 0x09), and bytes 3 to 15 are the MS-DOS
# filename of the first file (null terminated). Since some types collide
# we only test some types on basis of frequency: 0x08 (83%), 0x09 (5%),
# 0x02 (5%), 0x03 (3%), 0x04 (2%), 0x06 (2%). 0x01 collides with terminfo.
0 lelong&0x8080ffff 0x0000081a ARC archive data, dynamic LZW
!:mime application/x-arc
0 lelong&0x8080ffff 0x0000091a ARC archive data, squashed
!:mime application/x-arc
0 lelong&0x8080ffff 0x0000021a ARC archive data, uncompressed
!:mime application/x-arc
0 lelong&0x8080ffff 0x0000031a ARC archive data, packed
!:mime application/x-arc
0 lelong&0x8080ffff 0x0000041a ARC archive data, squeezed
!:mime application/x-arc
0 lelong&0x8080ffff 0x0000061a ARC archive data, crunched
!:mime application/x-arc
# [JW] stuff taken from idarc, obviously ARC successors:
0 lelong&0x8080ffff 0x00000a1a PAK archive data
!:mime application/x-arc
0 lelong&0x8080ffff 0x0000141a ARC+ archive data
!:mime application/x-arc
0 lelong&0x8080ffff 0x0000481a HYP archive data
!:mime application/x-arc
# Acorn archive formats (Disaster prone simpleton, m91dps@ecs.ox.ac.uk)
# I can't create either SPARK or ArcFS archives so I have not tested this stuff
# [GRR: the original entries collide with ARC, above; replaced with combined
# version (not tested)]
#0 byte 0x1a RISC OS archive (spark format)
0 string \032archive RISC OS archive (ArcFS format)
0 string Archive\000 RISC OS archive (ArcFS format)
# All these were taken from idarc, many could not be verified. Unfortunately,
# there were many low-quality sigs, i.e. easy to trigger false positives.
# Please notify me of any real-world fishy/ambiguous signatures and I'll try
# to get my hands on the actual archiver and see if I find something better. [JW]
# probably many can be enhanced by finding some 0-byte or control char near the start
# idarc calls this Crush/Uncompressed... *shrug*
0 string CRUSH Crush archive data
# Squeeze It (.sqz)
0 string HLSQZ Squeeze It archive data
# SQWEZ
0 string SQWEZ SQWEZ archive data
# HPack (.hpk)
0 string HPAK HPack archive data
# HAP
0 string \x91\x33HF HAP archive data
# MD/MDCD
0 string MDmd MDCD archive data
# LIM
0 string LIM\x1a LIM archive data
# SAR
3 string LH5 SAR archive data
# BSArc/BS2
0 string \212\3SB\020\0 BSArc/BS2 archive data
# Bethesda Softworks Archive (Oblivion)
0 string BSA\0 BSArc archive data
>4 lelong x version %d
# MAR
2 string =-ah MAR archive data
# ACB
#0 belong&0x00f800ff 0x00800000 ACB archive data
# CPZ
# TODO, this is what idarc says: 0 string \0\0\0 CPZ archive data
# JRC
0 string JRchive JRC archive data
# Quantum
0 string DS\0 Quantum archive data
# ReSOF
0 string PK\3\6 ReSOF archive data
# QuArk
0 string 7\4 QuArk archive data
# YAC
14 string YC YAC archive data
# X1
0 string X1 X1 archive data
0 string XhDr X1 archive data
# CDC Codec (.dqt)
0 belong&0xffffe000 0x76ff2000 CDC Codec archive data
# AMGC
0 string \xad6" AMGC archive data
# NuLIB
0 string N\xc3\xb5F\xc3\xa9lx\xc3\xa5 NuLIB archive data
# PakLeo
0 string LEOLZW PAKLeo archive data
# ChArc
0 string SChF ChArc archive data
# PSA
0 string PSA PSA archive data
# CrossePAC
0 string DSIGDCC CrossePAC archive data
# Freeze
0 string \x1f\x9f\x4a\x10\x0a Freeze archive data
# KBoom
0 string \xc2\xa8MP\xc2\xa8 KBoom archive data
# NSQ, must go after CDC Codec
0 string \x76\xff NSQ archive data
# DPA
0 string Dirk\ Paehl DPA archive data
# BA
# TODO: idarc says "bytes 0-2 == bytes 3-5"
# TTComp
0 string \0\6 TTComp archive data
# ESP, could this conflict with Easy Software Products' (e.g.ESP ghostscript) documentation?
0 string ESP ESP archive data
# ZPack
0 string \1ZPK\1 ZPack archive data
# Sky
0 string \xbc\x40 Sky archive data
# UFA
0 string UFA UFA archive data
# Dry
0 string =-H2O DRY archive data
# FoxSQZ
0 string FOXSQZ FoxSQZ archive data
# AR7
0 string ,AR7 AR7 archive data
# PPMZ
0 string PPMZ PPMZ archive data
# MS Compress
4 string \x88\xf0\x27 MS Compress archive data
# updated by Joerg Jenderek
>9 string \0
>>0 string KWAJ
>>>7 string \321\003 MS Compress archive data
>>>>14 ulong >0 \b, original size: %d bytes
>>>>18 ubyte >0x65
>>>>>18 string x \b, was %.8s
>>>>>(10.b-4) string x \b.%.3s
# MP3 (archiver, not lossy audio compression)
0 string MP3\x1a MP3-Archiver archive data
# ZET
0 string OZ\xc3\x9d ZET archive data
# TSComp
0 string \x65\x5d\x13\x8c\x08\x01\x03\x00 TSComp archive data
# ARQ
0 string gW\4\1 ARQ archive data
# Squash
3 string OctSqu Squash archive data
# Terse
0 string \5\1\1\0 Terse archive data
# PUCrunch
0 string \x01\x08\x0b\x08\xef\x00\x9e\x32\x30\x36\x31 PUCrunch archive data
# UHarc
0 string UHA UHarc archive data
# ABComp
0 string \2AB ABComp archive data
0 string \3AB2 ABComp archive data
# CMP
0 string CO\0 CMP archive data
# Splint
0 string \x93\xb9\x06 Splint archive data
# InstallShield
0 string \x13\x5d\x65\x8c InstallShield Z archive Data
# Gather
1 string GTH Gather archive data
# BOA
0 string BOA BOA archive data
# RAX
0 string ULEB\xa RAX archive data
# Xtreme
0 string ULEB\0 Xtreme archive data
# Pack Magic
0 string @\xc3\xa2\1\0 Pack Magic archive data
# BTS
0 belong&0xfeffffff 0x1a034465 BTS archive data
# ELI 5750
0 string Ora\ ELI 5750 archive data
# QFC
0 string \x1aFC\x1a QFC archive data
0 string \x1aQF\x1a QFC archive data
# PRO-PACK
0 string RNC PRO-PACK archive data
# 777
0 string 777 777 archive data
# LZS221
0 string sTaC LZS221 archive data
# HPA
0 string HPA HPA archive data
# Arhangel
0 string LG Arhangel archive data
# EXP1, uses bzip2
0 string 0123456789012345BZh EXP1 archive data
# IMP
0 string IMP\xa IMP archive data
# NRV
0 string \x00\x9E\x6E\x72\x76\xFF NRV archive data
# Squish
0 string \x73\xb2\x90\xf4 Squish archive data
# Par
0 string PHILIPP Par archive data
0 string PAR Par archive data
# HIT
0 string UB HIT archive data
# SBX
0 belong&0xfffff000 0x53423000 SBX archive data
# NaShrink
0 string NSK NaShrink archive data
# SAPCAR
0 string #\ CAR\ archive\ header SAPCAR archive data
0 string CAR\ 2.00RG SAPCAR archive data
# Disintegrator
0 string DST Disintegrator archive data
# ASD
0 string ASD ASD archive data
# InstallShield CAB
0 string ISc( InstallShield CAB
# TOP4
0 string T4\x1a TOP4 archive data
# BatComp left out: sig looks like COM executable
# so TODO: get real 4dos batcomp file and find sig
# BlakHole
0 string BH\5\7 BlakHole archive data
# BIX
0 string BIX0 BIX archive data
# ChiefLZA
0 string ChfLZ ChiefLZA archive data
# Blink
0 string Blink Blink archive data
# Logitech Compress
0 string \xda\xfa Logitech Compress archive data
# ARS-Sfx (FIXME: really a SFX? then goto COM/EXE)
1 string (C)\ STEPANYUK ARS-Sfx archive data
# AKT/AKT32
0 string AKT32 AKT32 archive data
0 string AKT AKT archive data
# NPack
0 string MSTSM NPack archive data
# PFT
0 string \0\x50\0\x14 PFT archive data
# SemOne
0 string SEM SemOne archive data
# PPMD
0 string \x8f\xaf\xac\x84 PPMD archive data
# FIZ
0 string FIZ FIZ archive data
# MSXiE
0 belong&0xfffff0f0 0x4d530000 MSXiE archive data
# DeepFreezer
0 belong&0xfffffff0 0x797a3030 DeepFreezer archive data
# DC
0 string =<DC- DC archive data
# TPac
0 string \4TPAC\3 TPac archive data
# Ai
0 string Ai\1\1\0 Ai archive data
0 string Ai\1\0\0 Ai archive data
# Ai32
0 string Ai\2\0 Ai32 archive data
0 string Ai\2\1 Ai32 archive data
# SBC
0 string SBC SBC archive data
# Ybs
0 string YBS Ybs archive data
# DitPack
0 string \x9e\0\0 DitPack archive data
# DMS
0 string DMS! DMS archive data
# EPC
0 string \x8f\xaf\xac\x8c EPC archive data
# VSARC
0 string VS\x1a VSARC archive data
# PDZ
0 string PDZ PDZ archive data
# ReDuq
0 string rdqx ReDuq archive data
# GCA
0 string GCAX GCA archive data
# PPMN
0 string pN PPMN archive data
# WinImage
3 string WINIMAGE WinImage archive data
# Compressia
0 string CMP0CMP Compressia archive data
# UHBC
0 string UHB UHBC archive data
# WinHKI
0 string \x61\x5C\x04\x05 WinHKI archive data
# WWPack data file
0 string WWP WWPack archive data
# BSN (BSA, PTS-DOS)
0 string \xffBSG BSN archive data
1 string \xffBSG BSN archive data
3 string \xffBSG BSN archive data
1 string \0\xae\2 BSN archive data
1 string \0\xae\3 BSN archive data
1 string \0\xae\7 BSN archive data
# AIN
0 string \x33\x18 AIN archive data
0 string \x33\x17 AIN archive data
# XPA32 test moved and merged with XPA by Joerg Jenderek at Sep 2015
# SZip (TODO: doesn't catch all versions)
0 string SZ\x0a\4 SZip archive data
# XPack DiskImage
# *.XDI updated by Joerg Jenderek Sep 2015
# ftp://ftp.sac.sk/pub/sac/pack/0index.txt
# GRR: this test is still too general as it catches also text files starting with jm
0 string jm
# only found examples with this additional characteristic 2 bytes
>2 string \x2\x4 Xpack DiskImage archive data
#!:ext xdi
# XPack Data
# *.xpa updated by Joerg Jenderek Sep 2015
# ftp://ftp.elf.stuba.sk/pub/pc/pack/
0 string xpa XPA
!:ext xpa
# XPA32
# ftp://ftp.elf.stuba.sk/pub/pc/pack/xpa32.zip
# created by XPA32.EXE version 1.0.2 for Windows
>0 string xpa\0\1 \b32 archive data
# created by XPACK.COM version 1.67m or 1.67r with short 0x1800
>3 ubeshort !0x0001 \bck archive data
# XPack Single Data
# changed by Joerg Jenderek Sep 2015 back to like in version 5.12
# letter 'I'+ acute accent is equivalent to \xcd
0 string \xcd\ jm Xpack single archive data
#!:mime application/x-xpa-compressed
!:ext xpa
# TODO: missing due to unknown magic/magic at end of file:
#DWC
#ARG
#ZAR
#PC/3270
#InstallIt
#RKive
#RK
#XPack Diskimage
# These were inspired by idarc, but actually verified
# Dzip archiver (.dz)
0 string DZ Dzip archive data
>2 byte x \b, version %i
>3 byte x \b.%i
# ZZip archiver (.zz)
0 string ZZ\ \0\0 ZZip archive data
0 string ZZ0 ZZip archive data
# PAQ archiver (.paq)
0 string \xaa\x40\x5f\x77\x1f\xe5\x82\x0d PAQ archive data
0 string PAQ PAQ archive data
>3 byte&0xf0 0x30
>>3 byte x (v%c)
# JAR archiver (.j), this is the successor to ARJ, not Java's JAR (which is essentially ZIP)
0xe string \x1aJar\x1b JAR (ARJ Software, Inc.) archive data
0 string JARCS JAR (ARJ Software, Inc.) archive data
# ARJ archiver (jason@jarthur.Claremont.EDU)
0 leshort 0xea60 ARJ archive data
!:mime application/x-arj
>5 byte x \b, v%d,
>8 byte &0x04 multi-volume,
>8 byte &0x10 slash-switched,
>8 byte &0x20 backup,
>34 string x original name: %s,
>7 byte 0 os: MS-DOS
>7 byte 1 os: PRIMOS
>7 byte 2 os: Unix
>7 byte 3 os: Amiga
>7 byte 4 os: Macintosh
>7 byte 5 os: OS/2
>7 byte 6 os: Apple ][ GS
>7 byte 7 os: Atari ST
>7 byte 8 os: NeXT
>7 byte 9 os: VAX/VMS
>3 byte >0 %d]
# [JW] idarc says this is also possible
2 leshort 0xea60 ARJ archive data
# HA archiver (Greg Roelofs, newt@uchicago.edu)
# This is a really bad format. A file containing HAWAII will match this...
#0 string HA HA archive data,
#>2 leshort =1 1 file,
#>2 leshort >1 %hu files,
#>4 byte&0x0f =0 first is type CPY
#>4 byte&0x0f =1 first is type ASC
#>4 byte&0x0f =2 first is type HSC
#>4 byte&0x0f =0x0e first is type DIR
#>4 byte&0x0f =0x0f first is type SPECIAL
# suggestion: at least identify small archives (<1024 files)
0 belong&0xffff00fc 0x48410000 HA archive data
>2 leshort =1 1 file,
>2 leshort >1 %u files,
>4 byte&0x0f =0 first is type CPY
>4 byte&0x0f =1 first is type ASC
>4 byte&0x0f =2 first is type HSC
>4 byte&0x0f =0x0e first is type DIR
>4 byte&0x0f =0x0f first is type SPECIAL
# HPACK archiver (Peter Gutmann, pgut1@cs.aukuni.ac.nz)
0 string HPAK HPACK archive data
# JAM Archive volume format, by Dmitry.Kohmanyuk@UA.net
0 string \351,\001JAM\ JAM archive,
>7 string >\0 version %.4s
>0x26 byte =0x27 -
>>0x2b string >\0 label %.11s,
>>0x27 lelong x serial %08x,
>>0x36 string >\0 fstype %.8s
# LHARC/LHA archiver (Greg Roelofs, newt@uchicago.edu)
2 string -lh0- LHarc 1.x/ARX archive data [lh0]
!:mime application/x-lharc
2 string -lh1- LHarc 1.x/ARX archive data [lh1]
!:mime application/x-lharc
2 string -lz4- LHarc 1.x archive data [lz4]
!:mime application/x-lharc
2 string -lz5- LHarc 1.x archive data [lz5]
!:mime application/x-lharc
# [never seen any but the last; -lh4- reported in comp.compression:]
2 string -lzs- LHa/LZS archive data [lzs]
!:mime application/x-lha
2 string -lh\40- LHa 2.x? archive data [lh ]
!:mime application/x-lha
2 string -lhd- LHa 2.x? archive data [lhd]
!:mime application/x-lha
2 string -lh2- LHa 2.x? archive data [lh2]
!:mime application/x-lha
2 string -lh3- LHa 2.x? archive data [lh3]
!:mime application/x-lha
2 string -lh4- LHa (2.x) archive data [lh4]
!:mime application/x-lha
2 string -lh5- LHa (2.x) archive data [lh5]
!:mime application/x-lha
2 string -lh6- LHa (2.x) archive data [lh6]
!:mime application/x-lha
2 string -lh7- LHa (2.x)/LHark archive data [lh7]
!:mime application/x-lha
>20 byte x - header level %d
# taken from idarc [JW]
2 string -lZ PUT archive data
2 string -lz LZS archive data
2 string -sw1- Swag archive data
# RAR archiver (Greg Roelofs, newt@uchicago.edu)
0 string Rar! RAR archive data,
!:mime application/x-rar
>44 byte x v%0x,
>10 byte >0 flags:
>>10 byte &0x01 Archive volume,
>>10 byte &0x02 Commented,
>>10 byte &0x04 Locked,
>>10 byte &0x08 Solid,
>>10 byte &0x20 Authenticated,
>35 byte 0 os: MS-DOS
>35 byte 1 os: OS/2
>35 byte 2 os: Win32
>35 byte 3 os: Unix
# some old version? idarc says:
0 string RE\x7e\x5e RAR archive data
# SQUISH archiver (Greg Roelofs, newt@uchicago.edu)
0 string SQSH squished archive data (Acorn RISCOS)
# UC2 archiver (Greg Roelofs, newt@uchicago.edu)
# [JW] see exe section for self-extracting version
0 string UC2\x1a UC2 archive data
# PKZIP multi-volume archive
0 string PK\x07\x08PK\x03\x04 Zip multi-volume archive data, at least PKZIP v2.50 to extract
!:mime application/zip
# Zip archives (Greg Roelofs, c/o zip-bugs@wkuvx1.wku.edu)
0 string PK\005\006 Zip archive data (empty)
0 string PK\003\004
# Specialised zip formats which start with a member named 'mimetype'
# (stored uncompressed, with no 'extra field') containing the file's MIME type.
# Check for have 8-byte name, 0-byte extra field, name "mimetype", and
# contents starting with "application/":
>26 string \x8\0\0\0mimetypeapplication/
# KOffice / OpenOffice & StarOffice / OpenDocument formats
# From: Abel Cheung <abel@oaka.org>
# KOffice (1.2 or above) formats
# (mimetype contains "application/vnd.kde.<SUBTYPE>")
>>50 string vnd.kde. KOffice (>=1.2)
>>>58 string karbon Karbon document
>>>58 string kchart KChart document
>>>58 string kformula KFormula document
>>>58 string kivio Kivio document
>>>58 string kontour Kontour document
>>>58 string kpresenter KPresenter document
>>>58 string kspread KSpread document
>>>58 string kword KWord document
# OpenOffice formats (for OpenOffice 1.x / StarOffice 6/7)
# (mimetype contains "application/vnd.sun.xml.<SUBTYPE>")
>>50 string vnd.sun.xml. OpenOffice.org 1.x
>>>62 string writer Writer
>>>>68 byte !0x2e document
>>>>68 string .template template
>>>>68 string .global global document
>>>62 string calc Calc
>>>>66 byte !0x2e spreadsheet
>>>>66 string .template template
>>>62 string draw Draw
>>>>66 byte !0x2e document
>>>>66 string .template template
>>>62 string impress Impress
>>>>69 byte !0x2e presentation
>>>>69 string .template template
>>>62 string math Math document
>>>62 string base Database file
# OpenDocument formats (for OpenOffice 2.x / StarOffice >= 8)
# http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/office/200505/msg00006.html
# (mimetype contains "application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.<SUBTYPE>")
>>50 string vnd.oasis.opendocument. OpenDocument
>>>73 string text
>>>>77 byte !0x2d Text
!:mime application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text
>>>>77 string -template Text Template
!:mime application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text-template
>>>>77 string -web HTML Document Template
!:mime application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text-web
>>>>77 string -master Master Document
!:mime application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text-master
>>>73 string graphics
>>>>81 byte !0x2d Drawing
!:mime application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.graphics
>>>>81 string -template Template
!:mime application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.graphics-template
>>>73 string presentation
>>>>85 byte !0x2d Presentation
!:mime application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.presentation
>>>>85 string -template Template
!:mime application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.presentation-template
>>>73 string spreadsheet
>>>>84 byte !0x2d Spreadsheet
!:mime application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet
>>>>84 string -template Template
!:mime application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet-template
>>>73 string chart
>>>>78 byte !0x2d Chart
!:mime application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.chart
>>>>78 string -template Template
!:mime application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.chart-template
>>>73 string formula
>>>>80 byte !0x2d Formula
!:mime application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.formula
>>>>80 string -template Template
!:mime application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.formula-template
>>>73 string database Database
!:mime application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.database
>>>73 string image
>>>>78 byte !0x2d Image
!:mime application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.image
>>>>78 string -template Template
!:mime application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.image-template
# EPUB (OEBPS) books using OCF (OEBPS Container Format)
# http://www.idpf.org/ocf/ocf1.0/download/ocf10.htm, section 4.
# From: Ralf Brown <ralf.brown@gmail.com>
>>50 string epub+zip EPUB document
!:mime application/epub+zip
# Catch other ZIP-with-mimetype formats
# In a ZIP file, the bytes immediately after a member's contents are
# always "PK". The 2 regex rules here print the "mimetype" member's
# contents up to the first 'P'. Luckily, most MIME types don't contain
# any capital 'P's. This is a kludge.
# (mimetype contains "application/<OTHER>")
>>50 string !epub+zip
>>>50 string !vnd.oasis.opendocument.
>>>>50 string !vnd.sun.xml.
>>>>>50 string !vnd.kde.
>>>>>>38 regex [!-OQ-~]+ Zip data (MIME type "%s"?)
!:mime application/zip
# (mimetype contents other than "application/*")
>26 string \x8\0\0\0mimetype
>>38 string !application/
>>>38 regex [!-OQ-~]+ Zip data (MIME type "%s"?)
!:mime application/zip
# Java Jar files
>(26.s+30) leshort 0xcafe Java archive data (JAR)
!:mime application/java-archive
# Generic zip archives (Greg Roelofs, c/o zip-bugs@wkuvx1.wku.edu)
# Next line excludes specialized formats:
>(26.s+30) leshort !0xcafe
>>26 string !\x8\0\0\0mimetype Zip archive data
!:mime application/zip
>>>4 byte 0x09 \b, at least v0.9 to extract
>>>4 byte 0x0a \b, at least v1.0 to extract
>>>4 byte 0x0b \b, at least v1.1 to extract
>>>4 byte 0x14 \b, at least v2.0 to extract
>>>4 byte 0x2d \b, at least v4.5 to extract
>>>0x161 string WINZIP \b, WinZIP self-extracting
# StarView Metafile
# From Pierre Ducroquet <pinaraf@pinaraf.info>
0 string VCLMTF StarView MetaFile
>6 beshort x \b, version %d
>8 belong x \b, size %d
# Zoo archiver
20 lelong 0xfdc4a7dc Zoo archive data
!:mime application/x-zoo
>4 byte >48 \b, v%c.
>>6 byte >47 \b%c
>>>7 byte >47 \b%c
>32 byte >0 \b, modify: v%d
>>33 byte x \b.%d+
>42 lelong 0xfdc4a7dc \b,
>>70 byte >0 extract: v%d
>>>71 byte x \b.%d+
# Shell archives
10 string #\ This\ is\ a\ shell\ archive shell archive text
!:mime application/octet-stream
#
# LBR. NB: May conflict with the questionable
# "binary Computer Graphics Metafile" format.
#
0 string \0\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \0\0 LBR archive data
#
# PMA (CP/M derivative of LHA)
#
2 string -pm0- PMarc archive data [pm0]
2 string -pm1- PMarc archive data [pm1]
2 string -pm2- PMarc archive data [pm2]
2 string -pms- PMarc SFX archive (CP/M, DOS)
5 string -pc1- PopCom compressed executable (CP/M)
# From Rafael Laboissiere <rafael@laboissiere.net>
# The Project Revision Control System (see
# http://prcs.sourceforge.net) generates a packaged project
# file which is recognized by the following entry:
0 leshort 0xeb81 PRCS packaged project
# Microsoft cabinets
# by David Necas (Yeti) <yeti@physics.muni.cz>
#0 string MSCF\0\0\0\0 Microsoft cabinet file data,
#>25 byte x v%d
#>24 byte x \b.%d
# MPi: All CABs have version 1.3, so this is pointless.
# Better magic in debian-additions.
# GTKtalog catalogs
# by David Necas (Yeti) <yeti@physics.muni.cz>
4 string gtktalog\ GTKtalog catalog data,
>13 string 3 version 3
>>14 beshort 0x677a (gzipped)
>>14 beshort !0x677a (not gzipped)
>13 string >3 version %s
############################################################################
# Parity archive reconstruction file, the 'par' file format now used on Usenet.
0 string PAR\0 PARity archive data
>48 leshort =0 - Index file
>48 leshort >0 - file number %d
# Felix von Leitner <felix-file@fefe.de>
0 string d8:announce BitTorrent file
!:mime application/x-bittorrent
# Atari MSA archive - Teemu Hukkanen <tjhukkan@iki.fi>
0 beshort 0x0e0f Atari MSA archive data
>2 beshort x \b, %d sectors per track
>4 beshort 0 \b, 1 sided
>4 beshort 1 \b, 2 sided
>6 beshort x \b, starting track: %d
>8 beshort x \b, ending track: %d
# Alternate ZIP string (amc@arwen.cs.berkeley.edu)
0 string PK00PK\003\004 Zip archive data
# ACE archive (from http://www.wotsit.org/download.asp?f=ace)
# by Stefan `Sec` Zehl <sec@42.org>
7 string **ACE** ACE archive data
>15 byte >0 version %d
>16 byte =0x00 \b, from MS-DOS
>16 byte =0x01 \b, from OS/2
>16 byte =0x02 \b, from Win/32
>16 byte =0x03 \b, from Unix
>16 byte =0x04 \b, from MacOS
>16 byte =0x05 \b, from WinNT
>16 byte =0x06 \b, from Primos
>16 byte =0x07 \b, from AppleGS
>16 byte =0x08 \b, from Atari
>16 byte =0x09 \b, from Vax/VMS
>16 byte =0x0A \b, from Amiga
>16 byte =0x0B \b, from Next
>14 byte x \b, version %d to extract
>5 leshort &0x0080 \b, multiple volumes,
>>17 byte x \b (part %d),
>5 leshort &0x0002 \b, contains comment
>5 leshort &0x0200 \b, sfx
>5 leshort &0x0400 \b, small dictionary
>5 leshort &0x0800 \b, multi-volume
>5 leshort &0x1000 \b, contains AV-String
>>30 string \x16*UNREGISTERED\x20VERSION* (unregistered)
>5 leshort &0x2000 \b, with recovery record
>5 leshort &0x4000 \b, locked
>5 leshort &0x8000 \b, solid
# Date in MS-DOS format (whatever that is)
#>18 lelong x Created on
# sfArk : compression program for Soundfonts (sf2) by Dirk Jagdmann
# <doj@cubic.org>
0x1A string sfArk sfArk compressed Soundfont
>0x15 string 2
>>0x1 string >\0 Version %s
>>0x2A string >\0 : %s
# DR-DOS 7.03 Packed File *.??_
0 string Packed\ File\ Personal NetWare Packed File
>12 string x \b, was "%.12s"
# EET archive
# From: Tilman Sauerbeck <tilman@code-monkey.de>
0 belong 0x1ee7ff00 EET archive
!:mime application/x-eet
# rzip archives
0 string RZIP rzip compressed data
>4 byte x - version %d
>5 byte x \b.%d
>6 belong x (%d bytes)
# From: "Robert Dale" <robdale@gmail.com>
0 belong 123 dar archive,
>4 belong x label "%.8x
>>8 belong x %.8x
>>>12 beshort x %.4x"
>14 byte 0x54 end slice
>14 beshort 0x4e4e multi-part
>14 beshort 0x4e53 multi-part, with -S
# Symbian installation files
# http://www.thouky.co.uk/software/psifs/sis.html
# http://developer.symbian.com/main/downloads/papers/SymbianOSv91/softwareinstallsis.pdf
8 lelong 0x10000419 Symbian installation file
!:mime application/vnd.symbian.install
>4 lelong 0x1000006D (EPOC release 3/4/5)
>4 lelong 0x10003A12 (EPOC release 6)
0 lelong 0x10201A7A Symbian installation file (Symbian OS 9.x)
!:mime x-epoc/x-sisx-app
# From "Nelson A. de Oliveira" <naoliv@gmail.com>
0 string MPQ\032 MoPaQ (MPQ) archive
# From: Dirk Jagdmann <doj@cubic.org>
# xar archive format: http://code.google.com/p/xar/
0 string xar! xar archive
>6 beshort x - version %d
# From: "Nelson A. de Oliveira" <naoliv@gmail.com>
# .kgb
0 string KGB_arch KGB Archiver file
>10 string x with compression level %.1s
# xar (eXtensible ARchiver) archive
# From: "David Remahl" <dremahl@apple.com>
0 string xar! xar archive
#>4 beshort x header size %d
>6 beshort x version %d,
#>8 quad x compressed TOC: %d,
#>16 quad x uncompressed TOC: %d,
>24 belong 0 no checksum
>24 belong 1 SHA-1 checksum
>24 belong 2 MD5 checksum
# Type: Parity Archive
# From: Daniel van Eeden <daniel_e@dds.nl>
0 string PAR2 Parity Archive Volume Set
# Bacula volume format. (Volumes always start with a block header.)
# URL: http://bacula.org/3.0.x-manuals/en/developers/developers/Block_Header.html
# From: Adam Buchbinder <adam.buchbinder@gmail.com>
12 string BB02 Bacula volume
>20 bedate x \b, started %s
# ePub is XHTML + XML inside a ZIP archive. The first member of the
# archive must be an uncompressed file called 'mimetype' with contents
# 'application/epub+zip'
# From: "Michael Gorny" <mgorny@gentoo.org>
# ZPAQ: http://mattmahoney.net/dc/zpaq.html
0 string zPQ ZPAQ stream
>3 byte x \b, level %d
# From: Barry Carter <carter.barry@gmail.com>
# http://encode.ru/threads/456-zpaq-updates/page32
0 string 7kSt ZPAQ file
# BBeB ebook, unencrypted (LRF format)
# URL: http://www.sven.de/librie/Librie/LrfFormat
# From: Adam Buchbinder <adam.buchbinder@gmail.com>
0 string L\0R\0F\0\0\0 BBeB ebook data, unencrypted
>8 beshort x \b, version %d
>36 byte 1 \b, front-to-back
>36 byte 16 \b, back-to-front
>42 beshort x \b, (%dx,
>44 beshort x %d)
# Symantec GHOST image by Joerg Jenderek at May 2014
# http://us.norton.com/ghost/
# http://www.garykessler.net/library/file_sigs.html
0 ubelong&0xFFFFf7f0 0xFEEF0100 Norton GHost image
# *.GHO
>2 ubyte&0x08 0x00 \b, first file
# *.GHS or *.[0-9] with cns program option
>2 ubyte&0x08 0x08 \b, split file
# part of split index interesting for *.ghs
>>4 ubyte x id=0x%x
# compression tag minus one equals numeric compression command line switch z[1-9]
>3 ubyte 0 \b, no compression
>3 ubyte 2 \b, fast compression (Z1)
>3 ubyte 3 \b, medium compression (Z2)
>3 ubyte >3
>>3 ubyte <11 \b, compression (Z%d-1)
>2 ubyte&0x08 0x00
# ~ 30 byte password field only for *.gho
>>12 ubequad !0 \b, password protected
>>44 ubyte !1
# 1~Image All, sector-by-sector only for *.gho
>>>10 ubyte 1 \b, sector copy
# 1~Image Boot track only for *.gho
>>>43 ubyte 1 \b, boot track
# 1~Image Disc only for *.gho implies Image Boot track and sector copy
>>44 ubyte 1 \b, disc sector copy
# optional image description only *.gho
>>0xff string >\0 "%-.254s"
# look for DOS sector end sequence
>0xE08 search/7776 \x55\xAA
# XXX indirect not supported yet
#>>&-512 indirect x \b; contains
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