lha buffering

source · 14 July 2011, 01:31

Is there any way to get lha to buffer the archived file on the hard drive instead of ram. I have 16 megs of ram, but I am trying to lha a 35 meg file. It gets to about 22megs then freezes. The ram disk is full only a few k left in both fast and chip ram. I was wnting it to buffer to the hard drive so I can archive the whole file.

Hewitson · 14 July 2011, 04:56

Does it have to be an lha? I know for a fact that zip will work, if you have your heart set on using an archiver that's native to the amiga then LZX will probably do what you want.

thomas · 14 July 2011, 08:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by source

Is there any way to get lha to buffer the archived file on the hard drive instead of ram. I have 16 megs of ram, but I am trying to lha a 35 meg file. It gets to about 22megs then freezes. The ram disk is full only a few k left in both fast and chip ram. I was wnting it to buffer to the hard drive so I can archive the whole file.

Certainly it's possible. Enter lha without arguments, then a list of possible options is printed. Among them is the option to set the working directory. I don't remember it right now.

daxb · 14 July 2011, 11:01

Hmm... maybe I missing something but LHA shouldn`t use so much memory. In the lha.guide you can read this:

2.11 Using as little memory as possible

"When using the default settings, LhA requires about 300KB to archive, and 180KB to extract files." [...]

Do you mean you try to archive to RAM-Disk instead? If yes, you can select any target for archives.

BTW. There is a option for faster file add that is maybe useful:

-Qq (add) Quick add

Just have a look into the guide.

Photon · 14 July 2011, 19:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by source

Is there any way to get lha to buffer the archived file on the hard drive instead of ram. I have 16 megs of ram, but I am trying to lha a 35 meg file. It gets to about 22megs then freezes.

Stopped when I saw the false assumption. If you have a bad lha cruncher and there is no better version, you'll have to do it on a non-Amiga. Personally, I suspect file name/file system trouble.

source · 17 July 2011, 15:05

thanks for the replys. it looks like you can create an env file that you can set up the temp directory.

daxb · 17 July 2011, 16:31

You can specify a work directory for temp files with the option "-w".

source · 18 July 2011, 16:53

Thanks guys. I was even able to archive a cd image 294 meg. It took a while, but it worked.

14 July 2011, 01:31	#1
source Zone Friend Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 734	lha buffering Is there any way to get lha to buffer the archived file on the hard drive instead of ram. I have 16 megs of ram, but I am trying to lha a 35 meg file. It gets to about 22megs then freezes. The ram disk is full only a few k left in both fast and chip ram. I was wnting it to buffer to the hard drive so I can archive the whole file.

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14 July 2011, 04:56	#2
Hewitson Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 41 Posts: 3,772	Does it have to be an lha? I know for a fact that zip will work, if you have your heart set on using an archiver that's native to the amiga then LZX will probably do what you want.

14 July 2011, 11:01	#4
daxb Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Germany Posts: 3,303	Hmm... maybe I missing something but LHA shouldn`t use so much memory. In the lha.guide you can read this: 2.11 Using as little memory as possible "When using the default settings, LhA requires about 300KB to archive, and 180KB to extract files." [...] Do you mean you try to archive to RAM-Disk instead? If yes, you can select any target for archives. BTW. There is a option for faster file add that is maybe useful: -Qq (add) Quick add Just have a look into the guide.

17 July 2011, 15:05	#6
source Zone Friend Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 734	thanks for the replys. it looks like you can create an env file that you can set up the temp directory.

17 July 2011, 16:31	#7
daxb Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Germany Posts: 3,303	You can specify a work directory for temp files with the option "-w".

18 July 2011, 16:53	#8
source Zone Friend Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 734	Thanks guys. I was even able to archive a cd image 294 meg. It took a while, but it worked.

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