jwhitman@STL-06SIMA.ARMY.MIL (Jerry Whitman) (09/14/90)
Can someone please send me a copy of the definitions of the various file compression/packaging techniques used to generate files with their various suffixs. Example - lzh = lharc. Thanks for the help. Regards, Jerry Whitman - keeper of the FishXref and FishCon
joseph@valnet.UUCP (Joseph P. Hillenburg) (09/15/90)
jwhitman@STL-06SIMA.ARMY.MIL (Jerry Whitman) writes: > Can someone please send me a copy of the definitions of the various > file compression/packaging techniques used to generate files with > their various suffixs. Example - lzh = lharc. > > Thanks for the help. > > Regards, Jerry Whitman - keeper of the FishXref and FishCon > Ok....here's a simple chart: Name | File Type | Rating | Notes -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Arc | .arc | * | This one is really old. Stay away. Pak | .pak | ** | Makes Self extracting files. Zoo | .zoo | **** | Very good, but doesn't compress as well | | | LHArc. PKAZip | .zip | **** | Better than Zoo. Uses mouse. PKAUnZip | .zip | **** | Decompressing only. Warp | .WRP | *** | (de)Archive whole disks, (bootblock too) LHWarp | .LHW | **** | Like Warp, but packs like LHArc LHArc | .LZH | ***** | The "in" Amiga archiver. Makes | | | files. LHUnArc | .LZH | ***** | FAST .LZH dearchiver. LHArcA | .LZH | ***** | Use mouse to (de)archive .LZH files. LZ | .LZH | **** | REAL FAST and VERY BUGGY. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Most people prefer LHArc or a LHArc compatable program nowadays. Stay away from LZ at this point, as it is very buggy and not 100% compatable with LHArc. If you are CLI weary, try LHArcA, as it is faster than LHArc, and you can use the mouse. This is a boon to people that are new to the Amiga, or computers in general. -Joseph Hillenburg UUCP: ...iuvax!valnet!joseph INET: joseph@valnet.UUCP ARPA: valnet!joseph@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu net.UUCP ARPA: valnet!joseph@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu
lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips) (09/16/90)
In <P3eiP3w163w@valnet>, joseph@valnet.UUCP (Joseph P. Hillenburg) writes: >Ok....here's a simple chart: > >Name | File Type | Rating | Notes >-------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Arc | .arc | * | This one is really old. Stay away. Available on many machine types, and you will find many files compressed with it. Worth having for these reasons. >Pak | .pak | ** | Makes Self extracting files. Piece of garbage. I would rate it at a -**** >PKAZip | .zip | **** | Better than Zoo. Uses mouse. Worse than Zoo. _ONLY_ uses mouse, ie. you cannot invoke it from an 'auto-extract' script without manual intervention. >PKAUnZip | .zip | **** | Decompressing only. Has trouble with lots of ZIPped files. Has not kept up with PKAZip. >Most people prefer LHArc or a LHArc compatable program nowadays. Stay >away from LZ at this point, as it is very buggy and not 100% compatable >with LHArc. If you are CLI weary, try LHArcA, as it is faster than LHArc, >and you can use the mouse. This is a boon to people that are new to the >Amiga, or computers in general. 'Can use' or 'Must use'? Inquisitory minds demand to know. :-) -larry -- It is not possible to both understand and appreciate Intel CPUs. -D.Wolfskill +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | // Larry Phillips | | \X/ lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca -or- uunet!van-bc!lpami!lphillips | | COMPUSERVE: 76703,4322 -or- 76703.4322@compuserve.com | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
d88-mbe@sm.luth.se (Michael Bergman) (09/17/90)
joseph@valnet.UUCP (Joseph P. Hillenburg) writes: (on Jerry Whitmans request, my comment) >Ok....here's a simple chart: [ stuff deleted... ] >LHArcA | .LZH | ***** | Use mouse to (de)archive .LZH files. >LZ | .LZH | **** | REAL FAST and VERY BUGGY. What do you mean "very buggy"??? Don't scare people away like that before you know for sure what you're talking about! >away from LZ at this point, as it is very buggy and not 100% compatable >with LHArc. If you are CLI weary, try LHArcA, as it is faster than LHArc, FYI (for your information :-) the author of LZ an Lhunarc is the same guy. And yes, I know that LZ crashes if your stack is too small. If you set your stack to, say 15000 or so, it *never* crashes. This stack problem is the only problem *I've* experienced with LZ and is easily fixed. Use it - it's fast. And I mean fast! BTW, the newest LZ 0.90 uses much less stack. You can ftp it from abcfd20, /incoming/amiga/. I also believe some other small incompatibility bug was fixed in this version, although I've never encountered any problems with compatibility between LHarc an LZ. And I've used LZ a lot. Mike -- Michael Bergman Internet: d88-mbe@sm.luth.se // Undergrad. Comp. Eng. BITNET: d88-mbe%sm.luth.se@kth.se \X/ U of Lulea, SWEDEN ARPA: d88-mbe%sm.luth.se@ucbvax.berkeley.edu UUCP: {uunet,mcvax}!sunic.se!sm.luth.se!d88-mbe