Re: lha files

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From: Terrance Richard Boyes
Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 00:00

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Alex Wilde <awilde@cizeta.demon.co.uk> wrote:

[snip]

> 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).

They're probably corrupted then, if you have a copy of crc, sum
or diff (or bdiff) check the copies on the CD against the onse you've
downloaded.

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

ISTR one version of lha at that size, possibly a compressed version
of the "normal" lha. 

> Tried using "-k" - same error message.

Try lha -v 

[snip]

> Guess the burning process has made them unreadable :^(

Possibly, I suggest you do some more testing of your backup/recovery
procedures!

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