lha return codes

[Thomas]

lha fails on some archives only, executing script, with code 10 or 20.
seems that 20 happens when filename contains nonstandard-ASCII char. but what is 10?
strangely, with error 10, it fails only in script.
thanks.

10 and 20 mean nothing. They are just standard AmigaDOS return codes for error resp. failure. You have to read the error messages Lha prints out. Don't use >nil: or similar to hide the messages if you need them.

[orange]

10 and 20 mean nothing. They are just standard AmigaDOS return codes for error resp. failure. You have to read the error messages Lha prints out. Don't use >nil: or similar to hide the messages if you need them.

Thanks Thomas.

After doing some tests, I think the aminet archive could be reduced in size to less than 50% with this method.

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

After doing some tests, I think the aminet archive could be reduced in size to less than 50% with this method.

Neat project, but why would you do this?  LHA has been the standard archive format for Amiga's for something like 20 years, and everybody has it.  I wouldn't even know what to do with a 7z compressed file on my Amiga.  And it's not like hard drive space is expensive, even the entire Aminet isn't that big in the grand scheme of things, anymore.  :huh:

Oh well, good luck anyway!