#Decrunchers
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OK, I must be doing something wrong. I am having trouble trying to get some
to work. a decompression program to work. i have downloaded lha138.run but I
obviously am missing some sort of clfue. FYI, I am using an Amiga 2000 with a
GVP '040 33Mhz accelerator, AmiDOS 2.1. My telecom programs are TERM and JrCom.
I use JrCom to download files (X Modem). I sure could use some help especially
since I am just about out of my introductory freebie.f
>>i have downloaded lha138.run but I obviously am missing some sort of clue.<<
It's been a while for me, but: You didn't say that you unpacked it. Open a
shell or CLI window, cd to the directory with lha138.run in it, and type
"lha138
.run" as a command. It should unpack itself, and you should get a file
with the name "lha" (with some of the three letters being capitals). To
uncompress a file called "junk.lha", type "lha x junk". lha will have to be on
your path, so you might move lha to C:, or some other such place. (I don't
know what you know, but you can type "path" with no arguments to get a list of
directories that will be searched to find a command when you type it.)
Good luck! Clay
Peter,
From a CLI, simply type the filename LHA138.RUN and it'll self extract
into several files, including a documentation file.
Don
p.s. Make sure when you are in the CLI, that lha138.run is in your current
directory.
Peter,
for this to work, you'll need to know what directory you put LHA138.RUN in
and have some small measure of familiarity with the shell. First, you need to
open a shell and then change directory (CD) to the directory where LHA138.RUN
is. Then you need to copy the file to wherever it is that you want your LHArc
program, usually c: (copy LHA138.RUN c:), then change directories to that place
(CD c:). Then type in the name of the file (LHA138.RUN) and watch it
decompress itself. The files that end in .RUN here are self-extracting, so you
don't need to do much. LhArc is the program file, so keep it in c:, but the
rest of it you can print, copy, move, whatever you want to do with it. You'll
at least want to move the
doc file elsewhere to keep c: uncluttered.
That's it. Now, as for using LhArc, you may want to download ARCHLP.EXE
from the Archivers/Crunchers library. It is also self-extracting and contains
step-by-step instructions on how to use arc, zoo, etc.
I hope this helps.
Brian J. Bartlett
"Build a better mousetrap, you'll catch a better mouse."
Peter,
I think both of your programs will support B protocols, and they are much
faster and more accurate than X-Modem, so please try using B+ or QuickB or B
protocol.
Please tell us what you typed, and what error messages you got. It will help a
lot when we try to help you with the problems.
—Betty