Siegfried

Siegfried is a signature-based file format identification tool, implementing:

• the National Archives UK's PRONOM file format signatures
• freedesktop.org's MIME-info file format signatures
• the Library of Congress's FDD file format signatures (beta).
• Wikidata (beta).

Version

1.9.1

Usage

Command line

sf file.ext
sf DIR

Options

sf -csv file.ext | DIR                     // Output CSV rather than YAML
sf -json file.ext | DIR                    // Output JSON rather than YAML
sf -droid file.ext | DIR                   // Output DROID CSV rather than YAML
sf -nr DIR                                 // Don't scan subdirectories
sf -z file.zip | DIR                       // Decompress and scan zip, tar, gzip, warc, arc
sf -zs gzip,tar file.tar.gz | DIR          // Selectively decompress and scan 
sf -hash md5 file.ext | DIR                // Calculate md5, sha1, sha256, sha512, or crc hash
sf -sig custom.sig file.ext                // Use a custom signature file
sf -                                       // Scan stream piped to stdin
sf -name file.ext -                        // Provide filename when scanning stream 
sf -f myfiles.txt                          // Scan list of files and directories
sf -v | -version                           // Display version information
sf -home c:\junk -sig custom.sig file.ext  // Use a custom home directory
sf -serve hostname:port                    // Server mode
sf -throttle 10ms DIR                      // Pause for duration (e.g. 1s) between file scans
sf -multi 256 DIR                          // Scan multiple (e.g. 256) files in parallel 
sf -log [comma-sep opts] file.ext | DIR    // Log errors etc. to stderr (default) or stdout
sf -log e,w file.ext | DIR                 // Log errors and warnings to stderr
sf -log u,o file.ext | DIR                 // Log unknowns to stdout
sf -log d,s file.ext | DIR                 // Log debugging and slow messages to stderr
sf -log p,t DIR > results.yaml             // Log progress and time while redirecting results
sf -log fmt/1,c DIR > results.yaml         // Log instances of fmt/1 and chart results
sf -replay -log u -csv results.yaml        // Replay results file, convert to csv, log unknowns
sf -setconf -multi 32 -hash sha1           // Save flag defaults in a config file
sf -setconf -serve :5138 -conf srv.conf    // Save/load named config file with '-conf filename' 

Example

Signature files

By default, siegfried uses the latest PRONOM signatures without buffer limits (i.e. it may do full file scans). To use MIME-info or LOC signatures, or to add buffer limits or other customisations, use the roy tool to build your own signature file.

Install

With go installed:

go get github.com/richardlehane/siegfried/cmd/sf

sf -update

Or, without go installed:

Win:

Download a pre-built binary from the releases page. Unzip to a location in your system path. Then run:

sf -update

Mac Homebrew (or Linuxbrew):

brew install mistydemeo/digipres/siegfried

Or, for the most recent updates, you can install from this fork:

brew install richardlehane/digipres/siegfried

Ubuntu/Debian (64 bit):

wget -qO - https://bintray.com/user/downloadSubjectPublicKey?username=bintray | sudo apt-key add -
echo "deb http://dl.bintray.com/siegfried/debian wheezy main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install siegfried

FreeBSD:

pkg install siegfried

Arch Linux:

git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/siegfried.git
cd siegfried
makepkg -si

Changes

v1.9.1 (2020-10-11)

Changed

• update PRONOM to v97
• zs flag now activates -z flag

Fixed

• details text in PRONOM identifier

• roy

  panic when building signatures with empty sequences. Reported by Greg Lepore

v1.9.0 (2020-09-22)

Added

• a new Wikidata identifier, harvesting information from the Wikidata Query Service. Implemented by Ross Spencer.
• select which archive types (zip, tar, gzip, warc, or arc) are unpacked using the -zs flag (sf -zs tar,zip). Implemented by Ross Spencer.

Changed

• update LOC signatures to 2020-09-21
• update tika-mimetypes signatures to v1.24
• update freedesktop.org signatures to v2.0

Fixed

• incorrect basis for some signatures with multiple patterns. Reported and fixed by Ross Spencer.

v1.8.0 (2020-01-22)

Added

• utc flag returns file modified dates in UTC e.g.

  sf -utc FILE | DIR

  . Requested by Dragan Espenschied
• new cost and repetition flags to control segmentation when building signatures

Changed

• update PRONOM to v96
• update LOC signatures to 2019-12-18
• update tika-mimetypes signatures to v1.23
• update freedesktop.org signatures to v1.15

Fixed

• XML namespaces detected by prefix on root tag, as well as default namespace (for mime-info spec)
• panic when scanning certain MS-CFB files. Reported separately by Mike Shallcross and Euan Cochrane
• file with many FF xx sequences grinds to a halt. Reported by Andy Foster

See the CHANGELOG for the full history.

Rights

Copyright 2020 Richard Lehane, Ross Spencer

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0

Announcements

Join the Google Group for updates, signature releases, and help.

Contributing

Like siegfried and want to get involved in its development? That'd be wonderful! There are some notes on the wiki to get you started, and please get in touch.

Thanks

Thanks TNA for http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pronom/ and http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/information-management/projects-and-work/droid.htm

Thanks Ross for https://github.com/exponential-decay/skeleton-test-suite-generator and http://exponentialdecay.co.uk/sd/index.htm, both are very handy!

Thanks Misty for the brew and ubuntu packaging

Thanks Steffen for the FreeBSD and Arch Linux packaging