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- | This version's extract-routine is about 25% faster than before!!! This |
- | means it is more than twice as fast as LhArc 1.10 and about 20% faster |
- | than LhUnArc 0.9!!! |
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- Another new feature is recursive file collection + some cosmetic changes,
- read the 'Changes' file for more info.
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- This is the very last pre-release version, only released because some guys
- wanted a faster version. Also included is LhTest, intended for use with
- AmiExpress. Read the 'LhTest.doc' file for more info on how to use this.
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- A high performance Data compression utility for the Commodore Amiga
- Amiga user interface and compression code by Stefan Boberg
- Original 80x86 LZHuf code by Haruyasu Yoshizaki
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- PRE-RELEASE V0.99d
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-
- Ok, so here it is, the fully Intuitionized, FAST! LhArc compression tool
- for the Commodore Amiga, this is only a pre-release so there's no real
- documentation yet. It is 100% compatible with LhArc version 1.13c (MSDOS)
- and Amiga LhArc (The Italian CLI version), only it is MORE than TWICE as
- fast !!! I hope you will understand how to use it anyway, but here's some
- tips to get you going:
-
- SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
-
- * Arp.library (V33 or higher) must be in the libs: directory
- [Note that version 39.1 should be included in this archive].
-
- EXTRACTING
-
- If you want to extract files from an existing archive, first select 'Open
- Archive' from the Project menu or press Right-Amiga+O or just press 'O'.
- Then select the file from the file requester by entering the source
- directory in the Dir gadget and then click twice on the file you want to
- extract from, or enter the file's name in the File gadget and press RETURN.
- Then click on the files you want to extract (clicking once selects,
- clicking a second time deselects again), or use the 'Mark all', 'UnMark
- all' and 'Mark...' gadgets. The 'Mark...' gadgets allow you to enter an
- ARP-pattern mask to select certain files. (For example. '*.c' will select
- all files ending in '.c' and 'a*z' will select all files that begin with an
- 'a' and end with a 'z', detailed explanations of the pattern matching
- functions will be in the final documentation). When you have marked
- (highlighted) all files you want to extract, click on the 'Extract' gadget.
- Now you will be asked where to put the extracted files, select a directory
- and click on the 'OK' gadget. Now LhArcA will extract your files! If you
- want LhArcA to consider extended filenames, select 'Extended filenames' in
- the Settings menu.
-
- CREATING AN ARCHIVE
-
- When you want to create a new archive, select 'New archive' in the Project
- menu, then enter the destination directory and archive name. NOTE: In
- this pre-release you must append '.lzh' after the filename, otherwise
- LhArcA cannot open it for extraction! This will be fixed in the final
- release. Then do just like you do when you add files to an existing
- archive. (Described below).
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- ADDING FILES TO AN EXISTING ARCHIVE
-
- This is easy, first open the archive as when extracting (see above), then
- click on the 'Add files' gadget and then select the files you like to add.
- You can select as many files as you like and in as many directories you
- like. If you want pathnames to be stored, select 'Extended filenames' in
- the Settings menu and then set 'Home directory' to the part of the pathname
- that should not be stored. (Not enough space to describe this here, wait
- for the final version, it will probably work differently then).
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