Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!ucsd!pacbell.com!att!iuvax!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!uxa.cso.uiuc.edu!jbn35564 From: jbn35564@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (J.B. Nicholson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Lharc is no good. Message-ID: <1990Oct15.202855.11471@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Date: 15 Oct 90 20:28:55 GMT References: <3377@corpane.UUCP> <5037@crash.cts.com> <9129@helios.TAMU.EDU> Sender: news@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (News) Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Lines: 34 n074ev@tamuts.tamu.edu (Christopher Walton) writes: >Zip does have a superior crunching algorith, considering it has lzhuf built >in as well as thier own modifications.... I would even say it is better than >LHArc... BUT the I*M has a superior Zip archiving/dearchiving program. The >Amiga version is buggy, slow, and not universal to all versions of the I*M >Zip. If someone would make a cli version like lharc, it MIGHT catch on... There is an unzip cli program for the Amiga, but again, it doesn't support all the compression methods that the "I*M" version does. In fact, I've had to use the old PKAZip to unzip everything I've received that was ZIPped. >But as for 99% of all bbs's using ZIP, WRONG.... Most Amiga bbs's use LZH >and considering this is an AMIGA newsgroup, I think you should think before >you speak... I think that LZH is the best out there (for the Amiga), as far as being able to produce the smallest files (which is my top priority in a compression program), but the program has a few problems (which I won't go into here). If Paolo Zibetti would care to comment or contact me, please do! I like both lharc and lhwarp, but I don't think that either is a complete replacement for everyone's compression needs. > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Christopher Walton : n07ev@tamuts.tamu.edu > 'To LIVE is to use an AMIGA!' : cmw1725@tamvenus.tamu.edu > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | "Earth destroyed by solar flare. Film at eleven" - The last nightly news.| +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | jeffo@mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu These opinions are mine, that's all.| +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+