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Welcome to DROID |
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DROID is a tool to help you analyse what kinds of files you have. It collects information about your files into profiles, and lets you filter, export and report on your results. It recognises file formats by using ‘signature’ information provided by digital preservation researchers at The National Archives.
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You can also open or save existing profiles, update your file format signatures, or change your profiling preferences. DROID can be controlled by a graphical user interface or using a command-line. For frequently asked questions and troubleshooting, please read the Frequently Asked Questions.
If you would like to provide suggestions, bug reports or feedback on DROID, please
e-mail droid-users@lists.sourceforge.net, or you can browse the mailing list
archives. The latest version is
available from the DROID web-site
.
It runs on Windows, Mac and Linux, and potentially on other platforms that support
applications written in Java 6, from Java 6 update 10 onwards. DROID has
been designed and developed by the DROID team in
the Digital
Continuity Project
. It has been tested
on Java 6 update 17 to update 22.
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