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From: wrs@infidel.lanl.gov (William R. Somsky)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Major Problems Unpacking 'lzh' Files
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Date: 5 Jan 91 20:48:41 GMT
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I've recently gotten back into using my ST, and have been trying
to download various files from atari.archive.umich.edu, but I'm
having MAJOR difficulties unpacking 'lzh' files.

I've been downloading files to my ST via Z-modem, and 'arc' files
have unpacked with no problem.  When I try to unpack 'lzh' files,
however, the various unpackers keep choking on the files---usually
some sort of CRC or CRC-header error.  I've tried several different
'lzh' de-archivers as well as several different 'lzh' files---no go.

In particular, I have gotten the "starter" package from atari.archive,
supposedly the 'recommended' set of de-archiving tools, and have been
able to get LHarc 1.02 from this.  But LHarc 1.02 still chokes on any
'lzh' file I give it.  (As a size note, arc602 from the "starter" 
package works fine, so it's probably NOT a problem of unpacking the
"starter" archive wrong.)

Does anyone have any idea what's going on here?!? Since so much stuff is
'lzh' packed, I'd really like to be able to unpack them.  Please E-mail
your responses, since I havn't been reading news too often recently.

Thanks in advance,

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William R. Somsky                 Center for Nonlinear Studies ; MS-B258
wrs@falcon.lanl.gov        Los Alamos National Lab ; Los Alamos NM 87545