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- Short: AmigaDOS script to convert LhA->LZX and vice versa
- Author: R Burke (R.Burke-97@student.lboro.ac.uk)
- Uploader: R Burke (R.Burke-97@student.lboro.ac.uk)
- Version: 2.7
- Type: util/arc
- Requires: util/arc/LhA_e138.run, util/arc/lzx121r1.lha, KS 2.0+
- Replaces: util/arc/lha2lzx2.lha
- Distribution: * Commercial Magazines and CDs must request permission
-
- from author to include.
- * Non commercially, it can be distributed anywhere.
- * Aminet CDs & Fish CDs may include.
-
-
- When LhA came along, Amiga users were able to store files in one (generally)
- smaller file - an LhA archive. Then LZX came along - allowing much better
- compression rates for some files, so much more space could be saved.
- When I first got LZX I found it a lot of work converting my old LhA
- archives to the new LZX format via the CLI, and sometimes found that after
- doing it that my original LhA files were smaller than the new LZX ones! Thus
- LhA2LZX was born. This script file allows the user to convert their archives
- from LhA to LZX or vice versa, or alternatively it will intelligently
- convert the archive to the smallest format, so you can always be sure of
- having the smallest archive in the end. It is all done by requesters - so
- you don't even need to touch the keyboard!
-
- What makes it useful is that this program is an AmigaDOS script file, which
- means you can load it into a text viewer/editor and see how it all works. I
- have commented many of the lines to help you understand more what is
- happening, and to help in case you want to write your own front-ends to CLI
- programs, or to perform certain actions.
-
-
- Versions included here are v1.1-v1.2, v2.0-v2.7
- This is so you can see how the program has developed and improved, and which
- bits I added as needed.
-
- This archive is half the size when compressed with LZX:
- lha2lzx2.lha 53,878 b
- lha2lzx2.lzx 27,812 b
-
- *NEW FOR 2.7*
- -Better handling of tilde bug in filenames
- -Updated .guide file
- -Improved cleaning-up process as it quits
- -Check to see if registered version of LZX is being used
-
-
- Download the latest version from:
- http://www-student.lboro.ac.uk/~corb1/index.html
-
- Comments and bug reports are welcome:
- R.Burke-97@student.lboro.ac.uk
-
-
- ============================= Archive contents =============================
-
- Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name
- -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- -------------
- 722 405 43.9% 29-Dec-97 20:57:34 LhA2LZX.info
- 43227 17348 59.8% 09-Feb-98 11:37:06 +LhA2LZX.guide
- 1865 988 47.0% 29-Dec-97 20:57:32 +LhA2LZX.guide.info
- 4018 1105 72.4% 16-Mar-97 22:54:52 +LhA2LZX_v1.1
- 4036 1109 72.5% 02-Jun-97 20:50:20 +LhA2LZX_v1.2
- 7440 2213 70.2% 10-Jul-97 22:05:44 +LhA2LZX_v2.0
- 8676 2428 72.0% 10-Jul-97 23:14:04 +LhA2LZX_v2.1
- 9597 3014 68.5% 12-Jul-97 18:32:24 +LhA2LZX_v2.2
- 11410 3256 71.4% 17-Jul-97 21:50:26 +LhA2LZX_v2.3
- 12724 3712 70.8% 06-Sep-97 22:22:00 +LhA2LZX_v2.4
- 13415 3893 70.9% 05-Dec-97 14:32:40 +LhA2LZX_v2.5
- 13640 3940 71.1% 09-Dec-97 15:06:56 +LhA2LZX_v2.6
- 13167 3829 70.9% 05-Feb-98 00:03:48 +LhA2LZX_v2.6a
- 14016 4102 70.7% 09-Feb-98 11:49:56 +LhA2LZX_v2.7
- 2062 709 65.6% 08-Feb-98 23:30:32 +LhA2LZX_v2.7.info
- 2255 1157 48.6% 09-Feb-98 11:39:30 lha2lzx2.readme
- -------- ------- ----- --------- --------
- 162270 53208 67.2% 10-Feb-98 06:07:06 16 files
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