Logical Interchange Format <file format, file system> (LIF) A {Hewlett-Packard} simple {file system} format used to {boot} {HP-PA} machines and to interchange files between older HP machines. A LIF file system is a header, containing a single directory, with 10-character {case sensitive} filenames and 2-byte {file types}, followed by the files. LIF Utilities for linux (http://hpcc.org/hpil/lif_utils.html). (2003-10-09)