v087mxgb@ubvmsa.cc.buffalo.edu (Shawn E Thompson) (11/24/90)
Hi-Ho I am familiar with ARC and ZIP file compression, and use them regularly. WHere do I get a utility to uncompress LZH and ZOO files?? Shawn E. Thompson "..my sig file was so long, I'm not even allowed a quote..." v087mxgb@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu | set@autarch.acsu.buffalo.edu University @ Buffalo|Graduate School of Mechanical Engineering CAD Engineering|Leica, Inc.|PO Box 123|Buffalo, NY 14240-0123|(716)891-3375
ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi) (11/24/90)
In article <47393@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> v087mxgb@ubvmsa.cc.buffalo.edu writes: >I am familiar with ARC and ZIP file compression, and use >them regularly. > >WHere do I get a utility to uncompress LZH and ZOO files?? Ok, here comes again. An extract from my FAQ (/pc/ts/tsfaq13.arc available by anonymous ftp or mail server from uwasa.fi archives): 13. ***** Q1: What is this file with this .zip (.arc, .lzh, .pak. .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, .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 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 packing/unpacking system. lh114b.exe Dense compression from Japan, (hacked?) version lh113de.exe Latest attested version for .lzh compression pak250.exe NoGate (un)packing for .pak and .arc 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 uwasa.fi for the Unix versions. The wares are available by anonymous ftp from chyde.uwasa.fi, Vaasa, Finland, 128.214.12.3, 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 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, and you wouldn't be able to utilize the mail server anyway.) ................................................................... Prof. Timo Salmi (Moderating at anon. ftp site 128.214.12.3) School of Business Studies, University of Vaasa, SF-65101, Finland Internet: ts@chyde.uwasa.fi Funet: gado::salmi Bitnet: salmi@finfun
silver@xrtll.uucp (Hi Ho Silver) (11/25/90)
In article <47393@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> v087mxgb@ubvmsa.cc.buffalo.edu writes:
$Hi-Ho
You called? :-)
$WHere do I get a utility to uncompress LZH and ZOO files??
To work with LZH files, you need LHarc. There's a version available
somewhere on Simtel20 for DOS; alternatively, I'd be happy to email a
copy to anyone who needs it. I also have the source code for the Unix
version and can mail that out; keep in mind that you'll probably have to
hack at it a bit to get it to compile, though. If you ask me for a copy,
you'll need uudecode to get at the DOS version, and uudecode, uncompress
and tar to get at the Unix one.
The program for manipulating ZOO archives is ZOO. Versions are available
for nearly every system under the sun; once again, you can find a DOS
version somewhere on Simtel20. Don't ask me for a copy of this one; I
have a really old copy somewhere but I don't feel like uploading it.
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