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Process of decoding a compressed file to get back to the original one. Some compression software may also include encryption or obfuscation in order to protect their format/algorithm.

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Is there a way to confirm and decompress files that I suspect are compressed with a very ear...

On Linux, creating a fake file using perl -e 'print "\x00\x06\xde\xad\xbe\xef";' > foo and running file foo yields foo: TTComp archive data Then it's easy: http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wik …
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What compression algorithm is this?

Most general purpose LZ77-like formats are optimized for efficient insertion of individual literal characters, and for the arbitrary sequence of literals and backward references - this is useful to a …
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Trying to figure what kind of compression was used

This looks like an format produced by a LZRW family algorithm. The code referred there contains #define FLAG_COMPRESS 0 /* Signals that compression occurred. */ #define FLAG_COPY 1 /* Si …
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