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| Archiving Programs, Converters & Utilities |
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Since most of us don't have unlimited disk space, many of us archive files
to conserve space. There are lots of different archiving programs available
and you can always find the latest versions of the most commonly used archive
programs in this area. Also, there are lots of archive conversion and other
utilities available. Keep archiving and saving that disk space!
Most Commonly Used Archivers
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Each of the 5 common archive types has a unique file extension on the
archive filename. The ones referred to in the following descriptions
are the default and most commonly used extensions. To be able to
access data in an archive, make sure to get the proper archiver for
your needs. All of these are in self extracting format. Just type
the name of the file and it will dearchive itself.
ARC602.EXE For .ARC - Arc v6.02 - by SEA
ARJ100.EXE For .ARJ - New ARJ archiver
LH113C.EXE For .LZH - Lharc v1.13c
PAK251.EXE For PAK - Pak v2.51 - Does ARC/PAK/ZIP
PKZ102.EXE For .ZIP - PkZip/UnZip 1.02
XARCPLUS.EXE For newest 7.0 ARC files
ZOO201.EXE For .ZOO - Zoo v2.01
Newer Versions of Archive Programs
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LH114B.EXE Newer LHARC
LHA205E.EXE Newest LHARC 2.05 with English docs
LHA206E.EXE Newest LHARC 2.06 with English docs
LH205.EXE Newest 2.05 without English docs
LHA.EXE Newest version of LHA
Other File Archiving/Extracting Programs
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1PKXARC.LZH Extract files from an ARC file
ARCA05.LZH ARCA replacement
ARCA129.LZH Version 1.29 of Vernon Buerg's archive creation utility
ARCE31C.LZH Version 3.1c of Vernon Buerg's archive extraction utility
ARCE40F.LZH Version 4.0f of Vernon Buerg's archive extraction utility
ASIM_220.LZH 'ARCA' Simulator (replaces ARCA05)
GSARC10.EXE New GSARC - self extracting
LU.LZH Extract/add files to/from files with .LBR extension
LUE202.COM New version of library utility program
NUSQ110.LZH New version of file unsqueeze program
OOZ110.EXE Extracts files from ZOO archives - self extracting
PAK10.EXE A superset of PKARC - self extracting
PAK210.EXE Older version 2.10 of PAK
PDZIP20.EXE Pkzip compatible archiver.
PK361.EXE PKPAK/PKUNPAK version 3.61 - self extracting
PKX35A35.EXE Fast file archiver/unarchiver - self extracting
PKZ092.EXE PKZip v.92 archive utility by Phil Katz
PKZ101.EXE PKZip/UnZip v 1.01 - better than LHARC!
UNSQ.COM Unsqueezes files with a .?Q? extension
ZOO120.LZH ZOO archiving program - faster than ARC
ZOOX2EXE.EXE "ZOOX" multi-volume ZOO derivative (approved by RD!)
Archive Managment
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AM432.LZH Newest version of ArcMaster - supports ZIP and LZH files!
ARCA120.LZH ArcAid v1.20 Arc/Dearc shell-manage all types of archives
ARCF106.LZH Version 1.06 of Vernon Buerg's archive search utility
ARCV117.LZH Version 1.17 of Vernon Buerg's archive list utility
ARKD150_.LZH ArcAid - Multi-use, great interface!
AU112D.LZH Archive Utilities v1.12d - Process ALL ARChive Types
AUTOSN20.LZH Virus scan shell for ZIP,ARC,ICE,PAK,LZH
DISKOUNT.LZH Excellent British written Disk & Archive Catalouger
FF_65A.LZH Super "File-Find" version 6.5a - Looks into all archives
FINDZ116.LZH Similar to PKFind, except for .ZOO files
GUS_120M.LZH Uncompress shell (arc/zip/lzh/whatever)
PKFIND11.LZH ARC file finder from Phil Katz
PKXARCM.LZH Menu interface for PKXARC
POLYX11A.LZH Configurable multiple archive extractor executive
SHEZ59.LZH Shez v5.9 - The Compression Companion Shell
SPAZ_150.LZH Spaz 1.50 - Smart un-archiver shell
TAR4DOS.LZH Examine/extract files from UNIX TAR file or floppy
VA3610.LZH Archive viewer, Fully redirectable ZIP, PAK, ARC, ZOO
Archive Conversion
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2ZIP21.LZH Convert any archive format to ZIP format - works great!
ARC2ZIP.LZH Convert your archive files from ARC to ZIP format
BPAK_12.LZH Convert .ARC to .PAK, easy.
BRDX_121.LZH BrandX v1.21 Convert any Arc format, i.e., .Arc to .Lzh
LZHIT200.LZH LzhIt (beta 2.00): ZIP/ARC/PAK/ZOO -> LZH Fast!
MTA_VE01.LZH Make Them Anything - Repacks from/to any archiver
UDPROC12.LZH Convert all archives to PAK format
ZIPQUIK5.LZH Quickly convert all archive files to ZIP format
ZZAP62A.LZH Universal archive converter.
Archive Modification
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ARCBAR.LZH Use a Lotus type menu to execute PKXARC/PKARC
ARCT101.LZH Arc file touch utility - change dates of files
BANNER11.LZH Add comments/banners to ZIP files - allows wildcards!
EXZIP194.LZH ExZip File Converter-Test Program
PAKUTL12.LZH Sort archive packed by PKPAK to date/time order
REDATE.LZH Change archive date to date of newest file in archive
STRIPZIP.LZH Remove comments from .LZH files
T2Z_100.LZH Txt2Zip 1.00, Zip Add/Cleanse Commentary Utility
TIA101.LZH Re-date compressed files, 3 choices
XCHG_103.LZH Archive converter - handles nested archives
ZIPCOM11.LZH Add comments to .LZH files using wildcards (*.LZH)
ZIPUP1_1.LZH Very fast ZIP comment stripper/adder.
ZN_101.LZH ZipNote 1.01-PkZip Comment Cleanse/Manipulate (LimeLight)
Other Archive Utilities & Information
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ARCA-SUB.LZH Use Pak 1.5 as replacement for ARCA, sorts correctly
ARCHIVER.LZH Create archive named with 4 characters and current date
ARCTOOL2.LZH Utilities for handling damaged archives
CONTEMPT.LZH Some info on the Phil Katz vs. SEA court battle
DIRTYDOZ.LZH The Dirty Dozen list v10a
LHX.LZH Repair .LZH (LHArc'd) file C source code
PK-MSGS.LZH Information on the lawsuit between PKWare and SEA
PKARC35P.LZH Patch for PKXARC version 3.5