File with shr extension

24 July 2001, 01:58

I downloaded a file with shr extension. Has it been compressed? If so, how could I uncompress this file? Appreciate your help. Thanks.

TikTok · 24 July 2001, 03:09

If would help if you could say where you got the file, and what it was supposed to be. Since youre posting on this board, I assume its something to do with Amiga apps. Have you tried looking at the first few bytes in a hex editor? Sometimes websitse give files different extensions deliberately, and they need renaming before they can be decompressed or whatever.

24 July 2001, 06:47

It's a game hdinstaller for kickoff. The site is here http://home.wanadoo.nl/robertoh/k.html

I'm a newbie and really need your help and anyone else. Thanking you in advance TikTok.

Twistin'Ghost · 24 July 2001, 08:20

The best guess I have is that it is compressed using the XPK packer SHRI and/or the xpkSHRI.library. Why on earth someone would use this format is beyond me, but if you are intent on mucking with it (or if someone else is), you can find on Aminet two different files, xpkshid.lha and xpkSHRI_V2.2.lha and maybe the answer will lie there.

Best of luck.

Riempie · 24 July 2001, 13:01

http://wuarchive.wustl.edu/pub/amine...arc/shrink.lha

24 July 2001, 13:06

if you post the first 100 bytes of an hex/ascii dump then the answer will be there.

If it's a disk image then it could be XPK compressed images file. Like DMS but better.

24 July 2001, 17:58

Hi Khephren & Twisting Ghosts,

Thanks for your advice. I will try as advised. As for ascii dump Khephren, could u explain how I could do a dump of that file? I hope I am not asking to much of you.

Thanks folks!

25 July 2001, 10:18

Type this at the shell prompt

TYPE <file> HEX >dh0:dump.txt

29 July 2001, 10:53

Just want to thank all who have posted on this thread.

I tried to do a hex dump but it didn't work. Neither will other unarchivers.

I like to once again, thank all who have assisted me. This is certainly an excellent site whom all newbies like me can depend on for assistance.

Great Work!

andreas · 31 July 2001, 15:01

Does this mean that the problem still persists?
So I'm going to take a look to defeat that stubborn bastard ...

But you might have missed Riempie's post: (I think this is the solution)

Quote:

Shrink
http://wuarchive.wustl.edu/pub/amin.../arc/shrink.lha

Khephren:

Quote:

TYPE <file> HEX >dh0:dump.txt

Are you sure it isn't actually

TYPE <file> to dh0:dump.txt OPT H

?
(I really haven't ever heard about this 'HEX' option of the TYPE command.)

31 July 2001, 19:08

Yeah I'm sure.

type <FILE> hex
type <FILE> opt h
type <FILE> opt hex

they all work

You can use the TO open to redirect, but it's habit for me to use the > as it works under the Amiga, Linux and MS-DOS.

I surprised that it didn't work for you. You do realise that nothing will be displayed on the screen, everything will dump to the text file name.

Amiga1992 · 31 July 2001, 19:41

Yep, I'm used to write > to redirect, the common 'possix redirection symbol'

alternatively >> appends to file. does this work under Linux as well?

andreas · 01 August 2001, 12:11

@Akira yep it does

@Khephren
You might have misunderstood this. I didn't assert that it doesn't work for me, I've only ever tried the 'opt h' option so far because I didn't know of the 'hex' option at all. This was just new for me.

16 May 2005, 09:03

Don't hold me to this (g).

But it seems to me that .shr files were a predicessor to .uue files, a method of transfering 8-bit fikles in a 7-bit world. IF that is so, and IF these are THOSE .shr files, and if the parity erros in my memory aren't quite overwhelming, I seem to remember a de-shar utility on the very first Aminet disk, from, I think it was, walnut Grove. Had a couple of other Amiga Archives on it, as well as those very earliest Aminet files.

pgf
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24 July 2001, 01:58	#1
Unregistered Posts: n/a	File with shr extension I downloaded a file with shr extension. Has it been compressed? If so, how could I uncompress this file? Appreciate your help. Thanks.

24 July 2001, 13:01	#5
Riempie Amiga freak Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Netherlands Posts: 351	Shrink http://wuarchive.wustl.edu/pub/amine...arc/shrink.lha

16 May 2005, 09:03	#14
pgf Posts: n/a	Don't hold me to this (g). But it seems to me that .shr files were a predicessor to .uue files, a method of transfering 8-bit fikles in a 7-bit world. IF that is so, and IF these are THOSE .shr files, and if the parity erros in my memory aren't quite overwhelming, I seem to remember a de-shar utility on the very first Aminet disk, from, I think it was, walnut Grove. Had a couple of other Amiga Archives on it, as well as those very earliest Aminet files. pgf -- <Trying to think up clever tag on the fly> [edit by akira: no clever tags are allowed to be written manually here. Use your User Control Panel to configure your signature] Last edited by Amiga1992; 16 May 2005 at 20:44.

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24 July 2001, 03:09	#2
TikTok Registered User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Malayasia Age: 43 Posts: 657	If would help if you could say where you got the file, and what it was supposed to be. Since youre posting on this board, I assume its something to do with Amiga apps. Have you tried looking at the first few bytes in a hex editor? Sometimes websitse give files different extensions deliberately, and they need renaming before they can be decompressed or whatever.

24 July 2001, 06:47	#3
Unregistered Posts: n/a	It's a game hdinstaller for kickoff. The site is here http://home.wanadoo.nl/robertoh/k.html I'm a newbie and really need your help and anyone else. Thanking you in advance TikTok.

24 July 2001, 08:20	#4
Twistin'Ghost Give up the ghost Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: U$A Age: 33 Posts: 4,662	The best guess I have is that it is compressed using the XPK packer SHRI and/or the xpkSHRI.library. Why on earth someone would use this format is beyond me, but if you are intent on mucking with it (or if someone else is), you can find on Aminet two different files, xpkshid.lha and xpkSHRI_V2.2.lha and maybe the answer will lie there. Best of luck.

24 July 2001, 13:06	#6
Khephren Posts: n/a	if you post the first 100 bytes of an hex/ascii dump then the answer will be there. If it's a disk image then it could be XPK compressed images file. Like DMS but better.

24 July 2001, 17:58	#7
Unregistered Posts: n/a	Hi Khephren & Twisting Ghosts, Thanks for your advice. I will try as advised. As for ascii dump Khephren, could u explain how I could do a dump of that file? I hope I am not asking to much of you. Thanks folks!

25 July 2001, 10:18	#8
Khephren Posts: n/a	Type this at the shell prompt TYPE <file> HEX >dh0:dump.txt

29 July 2001, 10:53	#9
Unregistered Posts: n/a	Just want to thank all who have posted on this thread. I tried to do a hex dump but it didn't work. Neither will other unarchivers. I like to once again, thank all who have assisted me. This is certainly an excellent site whom all newbies like me can depend on for assistance. Great Work!

31 July 2001, 19:08	#11
Khephren Posts: n/a	Yeah I'm sure. type <FILE> hex type <FILE> opt h type <FILE> opt hex they all work You can use the TO open to redirect, but it's habit for me to use the > as it works under the Amiga, Linux and MS-DOS. I surprised that it didn't work for you. You do realise that nothing will be displayed on the screen, everything will dump to the text file name.

31 July 2001, 19:41	#12
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,646	Yep, I'm used to write > to redirect, the common 'possix redirection symbol' alternatively >> appends to file. does this work under Linux as well?

01 August 2001, 12:11	#13
andreas Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Germany Age: 50 Posts: 5,857	@Akira yep it does @Khephren You might have misunderstood this. I didn't assert that it doesn't work for me, I've only ever tried the 'opt h' option so far because I didn't know of the 'hex' option at all. This was just new for me.

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