Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!cica!iuvax!valnet!joseph From: joseph@valnet.UUCP (Joseph P. Hillenburg) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: File Compression forms Message-ID: Date: 14 Sep 90 23:31:12 GMT References: <9009131753.AA01141@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Organization: Valley BBS Network Lines: 45 jwhitman@STL-06SIMA.ARMY.MIL (Jerry Whitman) writes: > Can someone please send me a copy of the definitions of the various > file compression/packaging techniques used to generate files with > their various suffixs. Example - lzh = lharc. > > Thanks for the help. > > Regards, Jerry Whitman - keeper of the FishXref and FishCon > Ok....here's a simple chart: Name | File Type | Rating | Notes -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Arc | .arc | * | This one is really old. Stay away. Pak | .pak | ** | Makes Self extracting files. Zoo | .zoo | **** | Very good, but doesn't compress as well | | | LHArc. PKAZip | .zip | **** | Better than Zoo. Uses mouse. PKAUnZip | .zip | **** | Decompressing only. Warp | .WRP | *** | (de)Archive whole disks, (bootblock too) LHWarp | .LHW | **** | Like Warp, but packs like LHArc LHArc | .LZH | ***** | The "in" Amiga archiver. Makes | | | files. LHUnArc | .LZH | ***** | FAST .LZH dearchiver. LHArcA | .LZH | ***** | Use mouse to (de)archive .LZH files. LZ | .LZH | **** | REAL FAST and VERY BUGGY. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Most people prefer LHArc or a LHArc compatable program nowadays. Stay away from LZ at this point, as it is very buggy and not 100% compatable with LHArc. If you are CLI weary, try LHArcA, as it is faster than LHArc, and you can use the mouse. This is a boon to people that are new to the Amiga, or computers in general. -Joseph Hillenburg UUCP: ...iuvax!valnet!joseph INET: joseph@valnet.UUCP ARPA: valnet!joseph@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu net.UUCP ARPA: valnet!joseph@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu