commit 57dc24c1cc899aa2522d9a3940f787ac5e01531a Author: Charles Iliya Krempeaux Date: Thu Jan 18 09:24:09 2024 -0800 initial commits diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..73acb5d --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +# zarf archive format +by [Charles Iliya Krempeaux](http://changelog.ca/) + +The **zarf format** is an **archive format** and **container format** that can combine multiple files into a single aggregate file. + +The **zarf format** is similar to other **archive formats**, such as the **ar format**, the **cpio format**, the **shar format**, the **tar format**, and the **WARC format**. + +The **zarf format** is made to be easy to understand and implement for programmers. + +The name “zarf” has 2 meanings: + +* it is an acronym “**Zarf** **AR**chive **F**ormat”, and +* it also happens to be the Persian word for ‘container’. +