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Name	SelF-eXtracting LHA/LZH Compressed Files
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Identifiers	PUID: fmt/1558
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Classification	Text (Structured)
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Description	SelF-eXtracting LHA/LZH compressed files is an archive format for the Commodore 64 and 128 consisting of files compressed in the LHA format and appended to a program to extract them, so that the archive and its extractor is self-contained and no other program needs to be downloaded or installed in order to extract the archive. It is a sucessor of SDA format with an addition of the extractor is cross-compatible between both Commodore platforms (C-64 and C-128).
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Related file formats	None.
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Developed by	None.
Supported by	None.
Source	The National Archives and Records Administration / The National Archives and Records Administration
Source date	23 Nov 2021
Source description	11/2023 (v.115)- modified values in internal signature for Indirect Offset Location and Indirect Offset Length from 0 to null. Max-offset modified for BOF signature to allow for more exact signature identification. Internally researched.
Last updated	14 Nov 2023
Note	http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/SIFF https://fileinfo.com/extension/son https://wiki.multimedia.cx/index.php/SIFF