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- From: yoav@athena.mit.edu (Yoav O. Yerushalmi)
- Subject: Re: How do I run files with .lha ending?
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- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 21:59:57 GMT
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- Well, actually the answer is extremely simple...
- in order to save hard drive space and upload/download time, many files are put
- together and compressed using special programs. These files usually end in .xxx
- postscripts (remnant from DOS I guess). To get them back requires the same kind
- of software, and this must be run on the program
- For example... to extract the files from an archive names hello.lha, you would
- type the following
-
- lha -x hello.lha
-
- this uses the program (lha) with the extract instruction (x or e) on the file
- (hello.lha).
- these programs are available in the public domain, and are very common. Here
- are a few examples
-
-
-
- xxxxx.lha : lha
- xxxxx.zip : zip / zippy / pkzip
- xxxxx.dms : dms / dmswin - this compression only does full disks
- xxxxx.arc : arc / unarc - old and almost unheard of
- xxxxx.zoo : zoo - old and unheard of
- xxxxx.zom : zoom / zoomwin - compresses disks only
- xxxxx.arj : unarj (only uncompresses, haven't seen a compressor yet)
- xxxxx.sfx : this is just a self extracting archive of any type..
- to decompress it, just run it.
- xxxxx.lzh : lha / lhunarc / lz / lzh - older verion of .lha
- xxxxx.wrp : warp - disks only
-
-
- there are many more, and their names are usually indicative of the program used
- to decompress them... look around, and you will proabably find what you are
- looking for...
-
- Good luck
- yoav
-