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From: paquette@fsd.cpsc.ucalgary.ca (Trevor Paquette)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: lharc unix/amiga
Message-ID: <1991Jan1.224843.9559@cpsc.ucalgary.ca>
Date: 1 Jan 91 22:48:43 GMT
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In article <27805853-1970.2comp.amiga-1@point.UUCP> akcs.vladimer@point.UUCP (kevin kadow) writes:
>Try this:
> 
>Pick a file on the UNIX.
>Make a compressed copy of the file.
>Send BOTH files to the AMIGA.
>Try compressing the original file using the AMIGA compressor.
>
>Now, you should have *TWO* different compressed versions of the file on
>the amiga- one compressed by UNIX, one by the AMIGA....
>
>So, you just compare the headers, and see if you can spot any MAJOR
>differences in them... they should theoretically be nearly identical
>(aside from Date/Time, and such)

  Not really. The UNIX Lharc (if compiled to do so) has a DIFFERENT header
the the Amiga Lharc. It adds the permission bits (rwxrwxrwx) and the uid/gid
of the file.
  There is a define that will make it Amiga compatible. 

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