BOMArchiveHelper
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| Developer: | Apple Computer |
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| OS: | Mac OS X |
| Use: | File archiver |
| Website: | Apple.com/MacOSX/ |
BOMArchiveHelper is the default archive file handler in Mac OS X. It is a service application that has no GUI when double-clicked, rather it is invoked by opening its associated files or by choosing "Create archive of 'file'" in the Finder's File or contextual menu. It is located in /System/Library/CoreServices/BOMArchiveHelper.app. Prior to its inclusion in Mac OS X v10.3 most users used StuffIt Expander for almost all archive decompression.
BOM is an abbreviation of Bill of Materials. Bill of Materials files or .bom files are used by the Mac OS X Installer program to document where files in an installer bundle are installed, what their file permissions should be, and other file metadata. Thus, a Bill of Materials is read by the Installer, and BOMArchiveHelper helps it by extracting the files specified in the BOM.
[edit] Supported formats
- bom (.bom)
- bzip2 (.bz, .bz2)
- cpgz (cpio gziped)
- cpio (.cpio)
- gz (.gzip, .gz)
- tar (.tar)
- tgz (tar gziped)
- tbz, tbz2 (tar bziped)
- compress (.Z)
- ZIP (.zip) – password-protected ZIP archives are not supported
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