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In article <MY512.2556$Gx.1078976@news.rdc1.bc.wave.home.com>,
SimpleSimon <i.am@my.wits.end> writes
>Hi!
>
>I have a fair number of LHA files that were compressed on Amiga's. They
>have long files names in the archives and the PC LHA software that I can
>find chokes on these files.
>
>Is there a PC utility that will expand these files in Windows 98?

Somewhat long-winded, but you can run UAE and un-LHA these under
emulation into a directory on the PC (setup UAE to run using the PC
filesystem rather than a hardfile). Works for me:-)

Matt
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i.am@my.wits.end ("SimpleSimon" ) schrieb:

> Hi!
> 
> I have a fair number of LHA files that were compressed on Amiga's. They
> have long files names in the archives and the PC LHA software that I can
> find chokes on these files.
> 
> Is there a PC utility that will expand these files in Windows 98?

Not that I knew - but if there is one, I'd like to know as well!

- momo

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In a futile gesture against entropy, Patrick Breuer wrote:
> i.am@my.wits.end ("SimpleSimon" ) schrieb:

> > I have a fair number of LHA files that were compressed on Amiga's. They
> > have long files names in the archives and the PC LHA software that I can
> > find chokes on these files.
> > 
> > Is there a PC utility that will expand these files in Windows 98?

> Not that I knew - but if there is one, I'd like to know as well!

Try the latest versions of Winzip from http://www.winzip.com/

It seems to cope with lha, gzip and tar files IIRC.  Oh, and the hideous
and evil kludge that is known as "long filenames"...
--
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Patrick Breuer <momo@Chessy.aworld.de> wrote in article
<2Rg68MD48Banz6@momo.chessy.aworld.de>...

> > I have a fair number of LHA files that were compressed on Amiga's. They
> > have long files names in the archives and the PC LHA software that I
can
> > find chokes on these files.
> > 
> > Is there a PC utility that will expand these files in Windows 98?
> 
> Not that I knew - but if there is one, I'd like to know as well!

It can be done using LHA for DOS running under a DOS box in Windows 95/98. 
Don't use Winzip or anything else.  Hopefully I've remembered the syntax
correctly - I haven't an Amiga LHA archive to hand to try it out
unfortunately.

Anyway, you need to type the following:

lha x /x /p /a [name of lha file].lha

I do remember that it might not get the filenames correct, but you can
rename them once they're out of the archive.  You need a DOS box under
Windows to get the long filename support.

LHA for MS-DOS should be available from any decent large ftp archive
(ftp.demon.co.uk perhaps?).  Version 2.13 or 2.55 are two I have.

- Matt.

jeremy@mupwi.demon.co.uk wrote:

> In article <72bvo5$ir$2@holly.csv.warwick.ac.uk>,
>   mauei@primrose.csv.warwick.ac.uk (Mr A J Jones) wrote:
> > In a futile gesture against entropy, Patrick Breuer wrote:
> > > i.am@my.wits.end ("SimpleSimon" ) schrieb:
> >
> > > > I have a fair number of LHA files that were compressed on Amiga's. They
> > > > have long files names in the archives and the PC LHA software that I can
> > > > find chokes on these files.
> > > >
> > > > Is there a PC utility that will expand these files in Windows 98?
> >
> > > Not that I knew - but if there is one, I'd like to know as well!
> >
> > Try the latest versions of Winzip from http://www.winzip.com/
> >
> > It seems to cope with lha, gzip and tar files IIRC.  Oh, and the hideous
> > and evil kludge that is known as "long filenames"...
>
> Winzip needs the dos version of lha available. It is that which IIRC has
> problems with long filenames.
>
> Rgds,
> Jeremy Silver
>
> -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==----------
> http://www.dejanews.com/       Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own

Hi-
In order to unpack Amiga LHA files, under Win9x, try Quick View Plus. This handles
viewing and unpacking LHA files just fine, including long files names. A
functional but time lmited demo can be downloaded from Jasc's site:

http://www.jasc.com/qvp.html

In a related topic, LZX files can be unpacked using Unlzx from Aminet:

 http://ftp.wustl.edu/pub/aminet/util/arc/W95unlzx.lha

On 08-Nov-98 00:54:04, SimpleSimon said about Amiga LHA files opening on PC?:
> Hi!

> I have a fair number of LHA files that were compressed on Amiga's. They
> have long files names in the archives and the PC LHA software that I can
> find chokes on these files.

> Is there a PC utility that will expand these files in Windows 98?

I think you'll find that there is a "plug in" for WinZip that allows it
to handle lha's much the same as it does zip's - including the long file
names, not sure where you can get it from but I have seen it in use.


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In article <72bvo5$ir$2@holly.csv.warwick.ac.uk>,
  mauei@primrose.csv.warwick.ac.uk (Mr A J Jones) wrote:
> In a futile gesture against entropy, Patrick Breuer wrote:
> > i.am@my.wits.end ("SimpleSimon" ) schrieb:
>
> > > I have a fair number of LHA files that were compressed on Amiga's. They
> > > have long files names in the archives and the PC LHA software that I can
> > > find chokes on these files.
> > >
> > > Is there a PC utility that will expand these files in Windows 98?
>
> > Not that I knew - but if there is one, I'd like to know as well!
>
> Try the latest versions of Winzip from http://www.winzip.com/
>
> It seems to cope with lha, gzip and tar files IIRC.  Oh, and the hideous
> and evil kludge that is known as "long filenames"...

Winzip needs the dos version of lha available. It is that which IIRC has
problems with long filenames.

Rgds,
Jeremy Silver

-----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==----------
http://www.dejanews.com/       Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own    

On Fri, 13 Nov 1998 14:26:01 -0600, "Dave S. Matthews" <dm05438@navix.net> wrote
happily singing:

>> > Try the latest versions of Winzip from http://www.winzip.com/
>> >
>> > It seems to cope with lha, gzip and tar files IIRC.  Oh, and the hideous
>> > and evil kludge that is known as "long filenames"...
>>
>> Winzip needs the dos version of lha available. It is that which IIRC has
>> problems with long filenames.
>>
>> Rgds,
>> Jeremy Silver
>>
>> -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==----------
>> http://www.dejanews.com/       Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own
>
>Hi-
>In order to unpack Amiga LHA files, under Win9x, try Quick View Plus. This handles
>viewing and unpacking LHA files just fine, including long files names. A
>functional but time lmited demo can be downloaded from Jasc's site:
>
>http://www.jasc.com/qvp.html
>
>In a related topic, LZX files can be unpacked using Unlzx from Aminet:
>
> http://ftp.wustl.edu/pub/aminet/util/arc/W95unlzx.lha
>
>
Its a pain to find utils that can extract many formats. check this out, it may
help:
 http://www4.windows95.com/apps/98/compress.html

I havent found the lzx or havent dl-ed it yet. It is possible to extract Lha and
Lzx, it is just that PC land hasnt catched up with improved arvhiving as I am
told:-)

It's a pain really. We should all just use Zip!



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