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External signatures File extension: tar
Internal signatures
Name TAR (Tape Archive)
Description TAR specification has a 256 byte header which includes 6 octal numbers which may be space or null terminated, may have leading spaces or zeros, and may vary in position by one byte, all depending on which of the many flavours the format follows. The above signature was tested on varied TAR files off the internet and the unknown files in digital preservation successfully.
Byte sequences
Position type Absolute from BOF
Offset 0
Maximum Offset 0
Byte order Little-endian
Value [21:EF]{104}[30:37][20:37](00|20){5}[30:37][20:37](00|20){5}[30:37][20:37]00{10}[30:37](00|20){10}[30:37](00|20){5}[30:37][00:37](00|20)
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