how do i decompress from one drive and write the file to another drive?

15 December 2001, 15:32

The how to guides tell you how to decompress with LHA and write to the same drive. But I want to decompress from the built in disk drive and write the file to the RAM disk or the second disk drive, how would i go about doing this?

RetroMan · 15 December 2001, 16:22

just set the destination drive and/or directory at the end of the command line, like "lha blablablabla (options etc.) whatever.lha DESTINATION" .....

15 December 2001, 17:12

What do i call the ram disk when trying to extract to it as i've tried

LHA E(for extract) <filename>.lha ram disk

and it fails

§ane · 15 December 2001, 17:28

LhA x archive.lha ram:directory/

Make sure that you include the forward slash at the end to indicate a directory and not a file, if the directory doesn't exist it will be created.

TikTok · 15 December 2001, 17:49

Also, it's usually better to use x like Sane does to extract, because e will not preserve the directory structure of the archive, which can be a pain. But if you're only extracting single files I guess it makes no difference

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RetroMan · 15 December 2001, 18:42

hupssss, I didn´t noticed the problem was how to call the ram disk

oh btw. as TikTok said ..... allways use X as decompress option (not E) !

15 December 2001, 15:32	#1
sgt_chimp Posts: n/a	how do i decompress from one drive and write the file to another drive? The how to guides tell you how to decompress with LHA and write to the same drive. But I want to decompress from the built in disk drive and write the file to the RAM disk or the second disk drive, how would i go about doing this?

15 December 2001, 16:22	#2
RetroMan Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Germany Age: 40 Posts: 3,704	just set the destination drive and/or directory at the end of the command line, like "lha blablablabla (options etc.) whatever.lha DESTINATION" ..... __________________ --~~= RetroMan =~~-- -= AmigA =- -= ForeveR =-

15 December 2001, 18:42	#6
RetroMan Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Germany Age: 40 Posts: 3,704	hupssss, I didn´t noticed the problem was how to call the ram disk oh btw. as TikTok said ..... allways use X as decompress option (not E) ! __________________ --~~= RetroMan =~~-- -= AmigA =- -= ForeveR =-

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TikTok Registered User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: San Salvador, El Salvador Age: 32 Posts: 642	Also, it's usually better to use x like Sane does to extract, because e will not preserve the directory structure of the archive, which can be a pain. But if you're only extracting single files I guess it makes no difference .

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