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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Software Issues and Discussion => Topic started by: orange on October 19, 2005, 08:55:30 PM

Title: lzx
Post by: orange on October 19, 2005, 08:55:30 PM

which version of lzx is "most reliable"? I need an reliable archiver for a very large file (~200Mb), should I use Lha?

Title: Re: lzx
Post by: adolescent on October 19, 2005, 09:39:44 PM

I've never had problems with LZX 1.21r (with free keyfile).  But, I haven't tried any files that large.

Title: Re: lzx
Post by: Thomas on October 19, 2005, 09:54:33 PM

To compress one single file I would use gzip. It's meant for this kind of jobs.

The LhA versions available on Aminet (2.1 and 2.2 IIRC) are buggy. You should not use them. LZX is better.

Bye,
Thomas

Title: Re: lzx
Post by: Piru on October 19, 2005, 10:11:00 PM

lzx is ok.

If you have the cpu power and memory, bzip2 should give the best compression ratio, though.

Title: Re: lzx
Post by: ChaosLord on October 19, 2005, 10:19:42 PM

You should use lha 1.x (Stefan Boberg rulez 4ever! :)
or some zip proggy.

If u want reliability then u must avoid lha 2.x and all versions of lzx.

You have been warned.