SIT File Documentation
Overview
Feature | Value |
---|---|
Format Name | StuffIt Archive |
File Extension | .sit |
MIME Type | application/x-stuffit |
Developer | Raymond Lau |
Introduced | 1987 |
Compression Method | Adaptive Huffman Coding / Lempel-Ziv-Welch (LZW) |
Archive Support | Yes |
Platform | Initially Macintosh, later Windows |
Maximum File Size | Depends on filesystem limits |
Encryption Support | Yes |
Multi-part Archive Support | Yes |
Open Source | No |
Lossless Compression | Yes |
Self-extracting Archive Support | Yes |
File Archive Spanning | Yes |
User Interface | GUI (Graphical User Interface) |
Filename Encryption | Yes |
Compression Ratio | Varies depending on data type |
Support for Macintosh Resource Forks | Yes |
Preview Files without Extraction | No |
Comment Support | Yes |
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