| From: | Enrique R. Mecklenburg Serkovic |
| Date: | 21 Mar 2001 at 21:28:40 |
| Subject: | Re: [D5] Re: ArcHandlerEx 1.5 |
Hi again,
Tim Seifert escribió:
> _Replying to a message_
>
> By: Enrique R. Mecklenburg Serkovic <emeck@imarpe.gob.pe>
> To: dopus5@lss.com.au <dopus5@lss.com.au>
> On: Thursday, March 22, 2001, 4:32:24 AM
> Re: [D5] Re: ArcHandlerEx 1.5
>
> Hi Enrique,
>
> RL>>> Just uploaded the archive Dave sent me, as I'm on the PC I haven't a
> RL>>> clue what's in the archive. So if it's naughty pictures you know
> RL>>> who to blame. ;)
>
> TS>> Trying to find a decent program to handle LhA archives on the PC is a
> TS>> right royal pain in the butt. I've tried several, and not found one
> TS>> that works properly. Most don't support long filenames, one that
> TS>> did, couldn't handle long file paths (you had to do just about
> TS>> everything in the root, or first sub-directory, including keep the
> TS>> archive command somewhere similar).
>
> ERMS> Had the same problem here until I found PowerArchiver. It is
> ERMS> similar to winzip but freeware and manages .zip .lha .tar and .gz
> ERMS> (lacks lzx at the moment). Maybe it could help you, here is the web
> ERMS> page:
> ERMS>
> ERMS> www.powerarchiver.com
>
> Okay, I'll give that a bash, though, the other crucial half of the
> equation, is: Will it "make" an LhA archive that works on the Amiga, too.
>
That's a problem, the few .lha I make with it didn't work in the Amiga. So when I
use have to compress and transfer something form the pc I have to use the .zip
format since it works fine in both machines.