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Short: AmigaDOS script to convert LhA->LZX and vice versa
Uploader: R Burke (R.Burke-97@student.lboro.ac.uk)
Author: R Burke (R.Burke-97@student.lboro.ac.uk)
Type: util/arc
Requires: util/arc/LhA_e138.run, util/arc/lzx121r1.lha, KS 2.0+, '020+
Version: 2.7b
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-v2.7b
This is so you can see how the program has developed and improved, and which
bits I added as needed.
As of v2.7a, LhA2LZX has become '020+ only. This is due to a bug in the
registered '000 version of LZX. '000 users can still use v2.5, or can
contact me for a working v2.7b.
This archive is half the size when compressed with LZX:
lha2lzx2.lha 65,060 b
lha2lzx2.lzx 31,245 b
*NEW FOR 2.7b*
-Original archive comment and creation date and time replace the new
*NEW FOR 2.7a*
-Large .guide update
-Greater error trapping
Download the latest version from:
http://www-student.lboro.ac.uk/~corb1/index.html
New versions will be uploaded to my web page before being uploaded to the
AmiNET.
Comments and bug reports are welcome:
R.Burke-97@student.lboro.ac.uk