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Summary
Name
eXtensible ARchive format
Version
Other names
Identifiers
PUID: fmt/600
Family
Classification
Aggregate
Disclosure
Description
XAR (eXtensible Archive format) is an open source file archiver introduced in Mac OS X 10.5.
Orientation
Byte order
Related file formats
None.
Technical Environment
Released
Supported until
Format Risk
Developed by
None.
Supported by
None.
Source
Artefactual Systems Inc / Artefactual Systems Inc
Source date
12 Nov 2013
Source description
http://code.google.com/p/xar/wiki/xarformat http://code.google.com/p/xar/wiki/whyxar
Last updated
12 Nov 2013
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Details: File format summary
: detailed report on file format 
Artefactual Systems Inc / Artefactual Systems Inc
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