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> Alex Wilde wrote something interesting,
> 
> Which version of LhA was used to pack the files originally, and which
> version was used to unpack?
> 
> I know one or two people have reported problems using v2.1 of LhA, so that
> might be it.  In which case try to either, use an older version of LhA or,
> try using LZX (registered only) to unpack the archive, since LZX supports
> LhA.  A third possibility is to try and force LhA into extracting files
> (even partial ones) with -k (lower case) option.
> 
> --

Sorry for the late reply - I've been in New York.

The files on the CD are the exact ones dl'ed from Aminet, so I don't
know which version was used to pack 'em. (N.B. they unpacked correctly
after getting them from Aminet using the same version of lha as I'm
now using).

Doing "version lha" returns "could not find version info for lha",
however the file is 35,920 bytes if that is any help.

Tried using "-k" - same error message.

To sumerise: I've downloaded the full IMDB archive off of Aminet and
have successfully unpacked and installed the database only to go and
screw the lists up. Before screwing up, I burnt to CD the files I'd
downloaded *in their original form*. Now they won't decompress using
the same version of lha that decompressed them weeks earlier. The
files appear to be intact on the CD, with no reported bad blocks or
errors. I can copy them and  rename them and they are the same file
size as the ones on Aminet.

Guess the burning process has made them unreadable :^(
-- 
Alex Wilde,
email: awilde@cizeta.demon.co.uk