Lynch_MJ@cc.curtin.edu.au (03/14/91)
DOES ANYONE KNOW WHERE I CAN GET LhExe OR THE PKZIP EQUIV.? A few months ago I FTP'd an run time archiver program. It was called somthing like lhexe.exe. It archived executable programs and added a de-crunch header to the file. This allowed users to compress executable programs so that they unpacked while loading. Unfortunately I lost it, and now I can't find it anywhere. I knew of two programs, one used the same compression as LhArc and the other used PkZip compression. Have the been moved to commercial ditributution only? Please send any replies and directions by EMail Huw -- ------------------------------------------------------------ { Merv Lynch } { Department of Applied Sciences } { Curtin University of Technology } { PSImail: psi%050529452300070::Lynch_MJ } { Internet: Lynch_MJ@cc.curtin.edu.au } { Bitnet: Lynch_MJ%cc.curtin.edu.au@cunyvm.bitnet } { UUCP : uunet!munnari.oz!cc.curtin.edu.au!Lynch_MJ } ------------------------------------------------------------
ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi) (03/15/91)
In article <7432.27dfa80d@cc.curtin.edu.au> Lynch_MJ@cc.curtin.edu.au writes: > >DOES ANYONE KNOW WHERE I CAN GET LhExe OR THE PKZIP EQUIV.? > >A few months ago I FTP'd an run time archiver program. It was called somthing >like lhexe.exe. It archived executable programs and added a de-crunch header >to the file. This allowed users to compress executable programs so that they >unpacked while loading. Unfortunately I lost it, and now I can't find it >anywhere. I knew of two programs, one used the same compression as LhArc and >the other used PkZip compression. An extract from /pc/ts/tsfaq17d.arc: 13. ***** Q1: What is this file with this .zip (.arc, .arj, .lzh, .pak, .sdn, .zoo) extension? What am I supposed to do to it? Q2: I can't run this file I got with a .zip extension. A: This is a total beginner's question, but never mind. One is supposed to start from somewhere. These files with a .zip (.arc, .arj, .lzh, .pak. .zoo) are compressed collections of files. You are not supposed to run a compressed entity (often also called an archive). You are supposed to unpack it first to extract the files from within the package. For this you need the relevant (un)packing program. You can find them in the /pc/pd2 and /pc/arcers directories at the anonymous ftp site garbo.uwasa.fi, or at practically any fine bulletin board. (After you have gotten them, they are very easy to process, since most often these utilities are self-extracting). At the time of writing this we have eg arc602.exe SEA's .arc packing/unpacking system. arj100.zip Robert Kung's .arj archiver lh113de.exe Lharc for .lzh compression lha210e.exe LHa for .lzh compression, English version. pak251.exe NoGate (un)packing for pak, arc, sdn, zip, files pk361.exe This packed and unpacked .arc files fast pkz110eu.exe PKZIP/PKUNZIP "Euroversion" with no encryption zoo201.exe Zoo packing/unpacking facility from Rahul Dhesi Once you are well familiar with unpacking and packing, there is an excellent shell for running these utilities. It is called SHEZ and is in version /pc/pd2/shez59.zip at the time I wrote this item. Another advanced feature once you get the hang of this, is that (most of) these are available in the Unix environment, as well. See the /unix/ts directory at garbo.uwasa.fi archives for the Unix versions. The wares are available by anonymous ftp from garbo.uwasa.fi, Vaasa, Finland, 128.214.12.37, or by using our mail server (use the latter if, and only if you don't have anonymous ftp). If you are not familiar with anonymous ftp or mail servers, I am prepared to send prerecorded instructions on request. (If you don't get the instructions from me within a few days, it will mean that your email address cannot be reached by a simple email reply. Contact your system manager for devicing a proper mail path for you, because unless you do, you wouldn't be able to utilize the mail server anyway. If you are in North America first consider using an ftp site near you to spare the overseas load.) ................................................................... Prof. Timo Salmi Moderating at garbo.uwasa.fi anonymous ftp archives 128.214.12.37 School of Business Studies, University of Vaasa, SF-65101, Finland Internet: ts@chyde.uwasa.fi Funet: gado::salmi Bitnet: salmi@finfun
huopio@lut.fi (Kauto Huopio OH5LFM) (03/17/91)
> In article <7432.27dfa80d@cc.curtin.edu.au> Lynch_MJ@cc.curtin.edu.au writes: > > > >DOES ANYONE KNOW WHERE I CAN GET LhExe OR THE PKZIP EQUIV.? > > > >A few months ago I FTP'd an run time archiver program. It was called somthing > >like lhexe.exe. It archived executable programs and added a de-crunch header > >to the file. This allowed users to compress executable programs so that they > >unpacked while loading. Unfortunately I lost it, and now I can't find it > >anywhere. I knew of two programs, one used the same compression as LhArc and > >the other used PkZip compression. Timo comments: > process, since most often these utilities are self-extracting). At > the time of writing this we have eg > arc602.exe SEA's .arc packing/unpacking system. > arj100.zip Robert Kung's .arj archiver > lh113de.exe Lharc for .lzh compression > lha210e.exe LHa for .lzh compression, English version. > pak251.exe NoGate (un)packing for pak, arc, sdn, zip, files > pk361.exe This packed and unpacked .arc files fast > pkz110eu.exe PKZIP/PKUNZIP "Euroversion" with no encryption > zoo201.exe Zoo packing/unpacking facility from Rahul Dhesi > The wares are available by anonymous ftp from garbo.uwasa.fi, Vaasa, > Finland, 128.214.12.37, or by using our mail server (use the latter > if, and only if you don't have anonymous ftp). If you are not For australian users, I'd recommend looking into sol.deakin.oz.au -archives (128.184.1.1) to the directories /pub/PC/chyde and so on. They seem to mirror the garbo.uwasa.fi archives! --Kauto -- ****************** Kauto Huopio (huopio@kannel.lut.fi) ********************** * Mail: Kauto Huopio, Punkkerikatu 1 A 10, SF-53850 Lappeenranta,Finland * *****************************************************************************