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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
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