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Signatures
External signatures File extension: arc
Internal signatures
Name Internet Archive 1.0
Description Version block at beginning of file starts with string “filedesc://” followed by a path and filename whose filename extension is “.arc”<sp>. followed by <ip address>, <date> and “text/plain”<sp> followed by <length><nl> 1<sp>0<sp> followed by “URL IP-address Archive-date Content-type Archive-length”
Byte sequences
Position type Absolute from BOF
Offset 0
Byte order  
Value 66696C65646573633A2F2F{1-132}20{1-3}2E{1-3}2E{1-3}2E{1-3}20{14}20746578742F706C61696E20{1-16}0A31203020*0A55524C2049502D6164647265737320417263686976652D6461746520436F6E74656E742D7479706520417263686976652D6C656E677468
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