#arc problem
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Hello,
A few days ago I downloaded 2 compressed files from the
cruncher/archiver library. 1) Amyzip.lzh
2) Unzip4.lha
Using LHArc V1.3 I tried extracting both but received the message:
unknown compression type -lh5- . I don't even know which type of decruncher
to use with the '.lha' extension, but I did get the -lh5- message with
lharc.
I kept the file names as they are in the amiga libraries. Two other
files I downloaded at the same time came out perfect.
I would appreciate your advice, thanks. Also…are there any online
commands or lists to show which archiver is needed for each file with all
the new crunchers showing up in the libs?
Regards Henry
Henry,
You need the program LHA138.RUN, which is in the archiver library here
(Lib 16). It is a self-extracting archive (doesn't need anything to
unpack it, just run the program after you download it). It contains the
program "lha", which is what you need to extract from files ending in the
.lha extension.
Hope this helps….
– BobR
Will do Bob, thanks for the help….Henry
Henry,
The latest version of LHARC we have available is LHA138.RUN from Library 16
of AmigaUser. This one is self-dissolving. If you downloaded it to ram:,
for instance, you could unpack it this way:
makedir ram:lha
cd ram:lha
ram:lha138.run
Then, copy LHA to your c: directory for ready use. It will unpack both
.LZH and .LHA files, and almost everything sent here in the last year or so
has used one or the other of those. You use it just like LHARC except that
you call LHA, and you must put the extension on the end of the filename so
LHA will know which decompression technique to use. Except for the older
programs with .ZOO and .ARC endings, this one should handle most
everything.
Please let us know if you need help on anything at all.
Betty
Thanks for the help Betty. I guess the file extension shows which packing
method the cruncher decided to use. Which ever is more efficient?
Regards Henry.
At the moment, LHA seems to be the most efficient one we have.
Betty